At last year’s Davos World Economic Forum, John Defterios caught up with the Managing Director and CEO of King Abdullah Economic City, Fahd Al Rasheed, so we could learn more about their 100 billion USD…
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You could say Yves Saint Laurent started it all in the 1960s with his Le Smoking but Racil, an elegantly honed London-based label launched last year by Lebanese fashion designer, Racil Chalhoub, takes the rebellious…
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We’ve all seen videos of crazy drifting on public streets in Saudi Arabia but we aren’t so aware of the number of people dying every year while taking part in such activities. The problem is…
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There’s nothing like Central Italy. With its medieval fortified villages and ochre-coloured villas, set within a landscape of vineyards, cypress trees and hills rolling down to the coast, it’s little wonder the region charms everyone…
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OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), co-founded by Dutch architectural titan and theorist, Rem Koolhaas, has produced as many world-famous architects as it has world-famous buildings. The latest to join the fray is Syrian-born, Iyad Alsaka,…
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The Velaa Private Island may have been named after the sea turtles that have lived here for generations but there’s nothing slow about this place. Picture a holiday in the Maldives and you’ll immediately envision…
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Many of us romanticise the lives of writers, that is, until we try being a writer ourselves. It was the Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek who said that writing is a form of…
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Balmain’s latest men’s collection is both chic and decidedly sexy, a kind of hip-hop street culture meets high-society sophistication. And, it pulls it all off. With its thoughtful masculine look, it mixes up different styles…
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SHA Wellness Clinic is a Spanish Decadent Detox Centre that’s Discreetly Tucked Away from the Masses
The Sha Wellness Clinic is a high-end health farm that combines ancient macrobiotic wisdom with advanced medicine, to put you in the perfect place – both in terms of its expertise and the stunning locale…
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Emerging from the sparkle and chaos of Beirut is a new generation of prodigious creative design talents, and Nicolas Moussallem and David Raffoul are two striking examples. As the founding partners of a popular retro-futuristic…
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