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24 Hours in Dearborn
Continue reading [split] 8:00AM - Shatila Bakery Whether your preference is bread with zaatar or the ever-famous knafeh, Dearborn’s best breakfast can be found at Shatila Bakery on...
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Industrial Therapy
Continue reading [split] Three years ago, back again in Lebanon, Dilsizian made the decision to give up designing under someone else’s vision and to finally put his signature on a...
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Libya’s Surfing Club
[split] ‘You could do kitesurfing, but it was not so easy to find a place,’ says Elwalid, regarding the Libyan public’s recent reclaiming of its coastline, which for the most part was previously...
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Meet Me in the Black Rock Desert
Continue reading [split] 'Other menswear designers are much more directional here. But I have to say it – that styling doesn’t sell. Not to men. It gets you support from the Fashion...
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The Eternal Modernist
Continue reading [split] ‘When you speak of heritage in this part of the world, you straight away start thinking about ancient things. For us it is a politically wrong position because...
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Electric Gnawa
Continue reading [split] But no matter how quintessentially local the places he’s performed in are, his motivation is clearly to spread the love and magic of his deep-rooted musical...
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Escape from Tehran
Continue reading [split] 'In Diba’s office I learned what good work was and if I wasn’t able to do things well, I quickly learned mistakes that shouldn’t be repeated.’ Nearly half a century later...
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True as Steel
[split] Today, the brand has a strong creative and technical team that works on every stage, from the conception of a product to its packaging and delivery. ‘There is no traditional Arab trade that...
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The Slaughterhouse
Continue reading [split] ‘There is a new underground scene in Morocco, but there are no spaces for artists, street dancers and the musicians of this generation,’ says Dounia Benslimane, a project...
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Wish You Were Kish
Continue reading [split] On Kish, Iranians do as they do wherever they go – shop and eat – but here they can do it without any sense of self-consciousness, in their own language and spending their own...
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Visions of Samia
Continue reading [split] Climbing up a creaking wooden staircase, the visitor enters an all-white gallery-like space – even the floor is white – which contrasts with Halaby’s large colourful canvases....
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Alsarah and the Nubatones
[split] Alsarah is a Sudanese-born singer, songwriter and ethnomusicologist. Her band Alsarah and the Nubatones came together out of a collective love for retro Nubian pop music, which they blend with...
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In the Dar
Continue reading [split] Today, however, tourists from as far as France and Italy are trickling into Nefta. The sudden influx can be credited to Dar Hi, an avant-garde eco-resort and spa located on the...
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Welcome to Tehrangeles
Continue reading [split] Iranians in Los Angeles are generally perceived to live nearby in Beverly Hills – but whether they actually have roots in the Valley or Orange County, they still know...
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24 Hours in Ramallah
Continue reading [split] 8:00am - Zamn Premium Coffee Zamn Premium Coffee was opened by three young Palestinian entrepreneurs, ‘so Ahmed and I can have a decent cup of coffee,’ says co-founder Walid...
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The Tehrangeles Series: Tehran Von Ghasri
[split] What is an ‘Afro-Iranian’, culturally speaking? What has been the result, in your case, of a meeting of African-American and Iranian cultures? I’m half Black, half Persian. My father is Iranian...
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Gnawa Impulse
[split] The merging of Moroccan band Gnawa Halwa and Berlin-based producers David Beck and Jan Rase, Gnawa Impulse blends the ancient spiritual Berber songs of Gnawa with dub, reggae and rock rhythms....
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Flesh and Blood
Continue reading [split] Considered one of the most renowned partnerships on the contemporary Arab dance scene, the siblings have engaged in a diversity of projects over the span of their nearly 20...
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