Let’s not beat around the bush here: Amale Andraos is a pioneer, a legend of the architecture world, a role model to Arab creatives and a hero to women. Born in Beirut in 1973, she was raised in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, where her father, an architect himself, had established…
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Dubai-based architect Wael Al Awar is not a big fan of 20th century modern architecture. Rather, he subscribes to a new school of expression that eschews ornamentation and focusses on projects that revive cultural identity and craft as well as encourage public engagements and sustainability. “I don’t think of architecture…
From the moment I start talking to Heba El-Dessouky, it’s evident that she’s one of a kind. We’re on a Zoom call and the 27-year-old model-turned-actress is at home in Cairo’s leafy Maadi suburbs. She sits wrapped up in snug black faux fur against the cool, cloudy morning, her hair…
Ruby Rose Korver created Arnie Swim as a passion project but it also serves as an ode to her late father, Arnie Korver. “My father shaped me as a person and taught me so many life lessons. I wanted to create something that makes people feel good, and gives them…
Lyna Khoudri has her work cut out for her in Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’. In the king of kook’s latest film, a love letter to journalism, France and all things quintessentially Anderson, the little-known French-Algerian actress first has to stake a claim for herself in an insanely starry ensemble…
The now 40-year-old Egyptian-born architect Tarek Shamma launched his career at London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), graduating with honours in 2009. During the prestigious course, he hit the ground running for Zaha Hadid working on key competitions in Algiers and Seville. “It was baptism by fire, an incredible…
Spread across ten beautifully curated rooms, the biggest challenge for Karim Abdul Muttalib and Ann Abukhalil, the two founders of K.A. Interiors, was to make sure the entire villa reflected a unified theme while still giving each room its unique character and identity. To fulfil their task, a maximalist design…
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Kevin O’Leary is one of North America’s most successful business entrepreneurs, a business commentator, as well as a star on ABC’s Shark Tank. Known for telling it like it is, with his matter-of-fact commentary on business issues, ‘Mr. Wonderful’ is truly one-of-a-kind in the world of business analysis. From modest…