The latest groundbreaking project by award-winning author Hassan Blasim is ‘Iraq+100’, for which he edited the work of ten Iraqi writers asked to imagine their country in the year 2103. Citing a lack of contemporary…
Yearly Archives
2016
Alila Jabal Akhdar opened last spring on the Al Hajar mountains range, which is one of Oman’s most magnificent, untouched landscapes. Perched over 2000 metres above sea level, the hotel overlooks a dramatic gorge and…
She’s got 26 million Instagram fans following her every move and desperate to buy whatever she eats, drinks and wears. We meet with the 21-year old social media phenomenon and her latest accomplice, Tommy Hilfiger.…
Eschewing simplicity for spectacular complexity, Hussein Bazaza is a rapidly rising star in the fashion industry who’s of the opinion local designers are wary of taking risks. That’s why this imaginative 26-year-old maverick approaches his…
Cairo is a city of scale – it’s the first thing you’re confronted with when you see it from the aeroplane. Not only can you see the Pyramids of Giza, the city’s oldest and most…
From his early days dancing in the underground rap scene of Memphis, Tennessee, to international stardom and being called “what you might get if Mikhail Baryshnikov and Chris Brown’s genes were combined in a blender,”…
The fashion industry is undergoing a major shake up. Both Tom Ford and Burberry have adopted a see-now-buy-now system, where ever since their SS17 runways in New York and London, buyers can purchase looks directly.…
Limited to just 200 examples, all of which have already been sold, Ferrari’s $2million LaFerrari Aperta hybrid convertible sportscar is a hell of a way to celebrate the marque’s 70 years of production. And in…
Tadashi Yanai started out making fashion at knockdown prices. Then he saw a future in simple, quality clothing. Now the owner of Uniqlo wants to turn his retail company into something that matters. As he…
Before 2008, it seemed as though a new and exciting project would be launched almost every day in Dubai. After the bubble burst, so many plans got put on the backburner that it was impossible…