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Alexandra Mansilla
Always searching for ideas, inspiration, and talented people. In love with cartoons, sun, and Ted Lasso
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Fuad And Raha, Duette+: “We Are Programming Reasons For People To Come Back”
How Raha and Fuad turned a private rooftop community into one of Dubai’s buzziest creative spaces
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Photographers Who Put Cats At The Centre Of Their Work
From cats telling stories of displacement to 116 street cats photographed in Tehran
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Your Week In Dubai: What To Do, September 1–6
A new wellness club, Scorsese at Cinema Akil, design finds, and pottery classes fill the week ahead
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A Different Way To See Cairo: Through Its Galleries
A route through the spaces where Egypt’s art history meets what is happening now
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From Olive Trees To Folktales: Palestinian Artists Exploring Heritage
How a place keeps living through image, story and form
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Meet Kem, the Fintech Rethinking Everyday Banking In the Gulf
What started as a frustration with sending money in Kuwait has grown into something much bigger
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The Rise of Mixed-Use Communities in Gulf Cities
From Dubai to Riyadh, a new generation of neighbourhoods is making everyday life a little less dependent on the car
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Your Week In Dubai: What To Do, August 25–30
This week starts with matcha and ends with match. Why not?
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Where Women Find Support In the UAE
Places that help women navigate change, uncertainty or a difficult chapter
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Why Bakery Culture Is Having a Moment Across the Middle East
And it is hard to argue with that. Because, really, who doesn’t love bread?
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Your Week In Dubai: What To Do, August 18–24
New coffee spots, big-screen classics and vinyl sessions
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Mehrdad Mosaferi: “I Don’t Want My Work to Pretend I Am Someone I Am Not”
How loss, the sea, and the people of the Persian Gulf shaped Mehrdad’s practice
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For Claudette: How Raya Kassisieh Keeps Her Grandmother’s Memory Alive
The true stories behind Raya’s masterpieces: Heavy Petals, Heavy Petals II, and Wharda
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Hotels That Celebrate Middle Eastern Design Instead Of International Luxury
Forget the marble lobbies: these stays find luxury in mud brick, stone, courtyards and centuries-old homes
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Your Week In Dubai: What To Do, August 11–17
From matcha and movie nights to bagels, art and a very late Saturday
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Your Week In Dubai: What To Do, August 4–9
From roadside coffee and beach escapes to night runs and slow Sunday gatherings
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Abdulmohsen Al Rowais: “I Am Trying To Be Part Of History”
In Abdul's hands, an old photo becomes a message to the future
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The Many Faces Of Istanbul Through the Lenses Of Photographers
Bright and shadowy, loud and intimate — see how Istanbul changes depending on who is looking
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Building a Platform For Omani Youth. Interview With Nadeen Al Towaiya
From an Instagram page to a new creative movement in Oman
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Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Finally Has an Opening Date
One of the UAE’s most anticipated museums is finally opening on Saadiyat Island later this year