Rami Tabbara, 40, co-founder and co-CEO speaks to me on Zoom from Stake’s “cool set-up” at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) located on Gate Avenue’s shiny financial and fintech district. He scans the camera around the office, t...
A little over 12,000 kilometres separate the Dolby Theatre (home of the American Academy Awards) from the village of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank. When it was announced that the best documentary award went to ‘No Other Land,’ about the brutal d...
It’s nearly impossible to define Abeer Seikaly, or rather, to put her in a box. The Jordanian-Palestinian says: “I’m just interested in the process of making.” Perhaps, the word ‘maker’ is the most fitting description for her talents....
Léa Daaboul, the Lebanese-American founder of Léa the Label, moved to Dubai a decade ago; a decision which she describes as a “mix of business and love’’. As it turns out, she relocated to be with her now husband, Michel Hakim, but also to so...
Much has been said about the modern day ‘It’ girl. Shorthand for an ineffable aura – one that embodies the cultural zeitgeist and reflects it back to us in sartorial flare and memeable moments – lately it’s become a bit of a misnomer. Proba...