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Inside Sandbox: A Guide To One Of the Region’s Top Electronic Festivals
For festivalgoers and anyone else in love with electronic music
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Digital Fatigue And the Need For Offline Spaces
What it does to your body and mind, and how to build offline spaces that genuinely help
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Nature In the Work Of Contemporary Lebanese Artists
From raw emotion to structure — different ways of seeing nature
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Touch Some Grass, Zen On the Loop
A playlist for your next meditation — very needed, and very well deserved.
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Tech-Driven Lifestyle Apps (Fitness, Food, Mobility)
Explore top lifestyle apps across the Gulf
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Inside Sharjah Art Foundation: What To See Now
Your dose of art in Sharjah — with insights from the curators
Your Week In Dubai: What To Do, May 5–10
It is gonna be wild: from New Balance Grey Days to the Stick No Bills party and Secta Regional Showcase
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Which Airlines Are Returning To Dubai After UAE Airspace Reopening
Dubai is back in business, although not every airline is rushing to prove it
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Feeling Exhausted At Work? Maybe You Just Need a Work Best Friend
The one who will be supportive, empathic, and always ready to gossip
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Wellness Without Luxury: How People Adapt On Different Budgets
Budget wellness and walking in the Gulf
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Sleeping Alone In the Dark: A Childhood Fear That Some Of Us Still Carry
What are we afraid of in the dark? Where does it come from, and how do we deal with it? People share their stories
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In a World Of Birds, Flowers, And Love. Interview With Maryam Lamei
On growing up in a forest, reading Dostoevsky, creating in pain, and studying love like a science

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Lebanese Artists On the Quiet Power Of Living Through Hard Times
Memory, people, love, and a quiet sorrow — traced through the artists’ canvas
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