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Originally published in Dazed MENA Issue 04| Order Here On the internet, even the oldest stories are remixed into shimmering caricatures of…
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TikTok beauty creators are infamously good at persuading their followers to purchase a lot of products, so much so, that…
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In the muted light of a casting room, where first impressions speak louder than words, Iman Eldeeb watches a young…
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This piece was originally published on Resistance Archive’s Substack on January 14, 2026 The protests now unfolding across Iran are…
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JETOUR marked the close of 2025 with an evening in Abu Dhabi that reflected a year of rapid growth, regional…
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If you have a passion for music, you’ve probably spent a fair amount of late nights on your bedroom floor,…
Riyadh Music Week signals a new era for regional music
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Raï drifted in slowly, like heat rising off the deserts of western Algeria. Long before it became a global dance…
Ithra’s latest exhibition turns Saudi domestic life into contemporary storytelling
If you think of your childhood home in the Gulf, and the first thing that comes to mind is the…
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Reel Palestine returns to Cinema Akil this January for its 12th edition, continuing its long presence in the region’s independent…
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For Usman Riaz, The Glassworker is more than just a film. By now, his native land of Pakistan and the…
My Brother, My Brother: the animated Egyptian short examining loss, memory, and twinhood
The award-winning autofiction animation explores a past shared by identical twins. When death intervenes, it moves between science and faith,…
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In Cairo Dream, photographer Anthony Hamboussi offers more than a portrait of a city, he constructs a deeply personal journey…
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Fred Perry has always understood that cool is never forced. It is built quietly, over time, through sport, music, and the subcultures that adopt a…
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What went down at W Abu Dhabi Yas Island during F1 race weekend
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