YOUR DESIGNS ARE ORIGINAL AND STAND APART FROM THE CURRENT TRENDS IN THE REGION IN THEIR MINIMALISM AND UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH. HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT, AND HOW HAVE THEY BEEN RECEIVED? I believe in…
Yearly Archives
2016
Sometimes there comes a story of someone overcoming adversity such as war, poverty, and displacement – to achieve beyond expectation. The story of Mark Haidar is one of those. In 2011, Mark Haidar and his…
CEO Sami Khoreibi sheds light on how solar power is taking over the grid. His company, Enviromena, is spearheading the way for this hot technology in the Middle East. The future is now, according to…
Sabry Marouf, the fashion accessories brand created by Egyptian designers Ahmed Sabry and Daki Marouf in Cairo in 2012, has recently been relaunched in London. Delving initially into progressive jewellery collections that aimed to reinterpret…
Slowly, the convoy came to a halt. Headlights flickered off. My first thought was that this was a rotten place to replace another flat tyre. It was dark, we’d been driving all day and there…
This may be an age of austerity but boat manufacturers that had previously plied their trade in the pleasure craft segment are now moving higher up the ladder, making semi-custom yachts in ever-larger sizes. And…
War, terror, people smugglers, storms, nothing could get between Syrian swimmer Rami Anis and his dream of sporting glory. Meet one of the athletes who competed in the Refugee Olympic Team in Rio 2016. Rami…
Experience what it’s like to be the owner of Ulysses (now renamed Andromeda), an incredible 107-metre expedition yacht by Kleven Maritime. With space for 30 guests and an extensive inventory of tenders and toys, including…
Unbelievably, it has already been 20 years since one of the world’s greatest fashion powerhouses, Milanese duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, ventured into the world of menswear. In honour of their one-fifth century, Bespoke…
Spike Jonze – the director of Being John Malkovich (1999), Adaptation (2002) and Her (2013) among other blockbusters – created this perfume ad for Kenzo and it’s wonderfully bonkers. Featuring music by Sam Spiegel & Ape…