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Sippin’ Sharbat
Continue reading [split] Sharbat is the generic umbrella term for a traditional and popular type of Persian beverage, made of concentrated aromatic syrups diluted with ice water – a perfect thirst...
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Diary of the Future
Continue reading [split] A wildly prolific artist (‘You are never calm in your head,’ relayed Nina during the Nile-side cup reading), Baladi is perhaps best known for her powerful ‘Diary of the...
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The Tehrangeles Series: Ana Lily Amirpour
Continue reading [split] What does the term Tehrangeles mean to you? Well to me, it basically means Tehran and Los Angeles had a baby. What brought you to LA? How long have you been living here? I came...
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Minyeshu
[split] Born in Dire Dawa and now based in Amsterdam, Ethiopian singer Minyeshu Kifle Tedla takes inspiration from icons as diverse as Jacques Brel, Michael Jackson and Miriam Makeba. Her new album...
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Down To Earth
Continue reading [split] ‘Most of my work revisits Moroccan heritage, but there is a clear need to evolve traditional Moroccan art both in its techniques and in its graphic representation,’ Mourabit...
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The Gallerist
Continue reading [split] Mennour has selected the pieces not just from artists represented by his award-winning art space but from ones he might have wanted to represent in another time. Neon-art,...
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Rhymes from the Rafters
Continue reading [split] Satti went from lone fan to rapper seemingly overnight. But his actual journey has been a long one, steeped in rap education. This pursuit is ongoing; Satti studies hip hop...
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The Tehrangeles Series: Mashti Malone’s
Continue reading [split] What’s the story behind your name, Mashti Malone’s? In the late 1970’s Mashti Shirvani, an Iranian student living in Los Angeles, started working as a chef in Persian...
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The Invisible Hands
[split] The Invisible Hands is a new Cairo-based five piece band featuring Adham Zidan, Mohamed Asem, Cherif El Masri and Aya Hemeda (both the latter are former members of popular Egyptian group...
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Fruits of the Land
Continue reading [split] Bassatin Baanoub is the story of two urban-dwellers’ escape to the countryside. Yasmina’s husband, architect Jean-Pierre, has a history in eco-tourism and founded the Al Jord...
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24 hours in Manama
Continue reading [split] Al Adliya, the city’s bohemian, pedestrian neighbourhood, is very much its cultural and creative core – punctuated by art galleries, cafés and hip restaurants. Among its most...
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All Ears on Iran
Continue reading [split] Currently Bradley has so many projects going on it’s difficult to keep track. She’s long since settled in as a resident at London-based non-profit radio station Resonance FM,...
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Only in Asmara
Continue reading [split] Mussolini encouraged architects and engineers to transform Asmara into an urban utopia, full of cinemas, cafés, imported bicycles, sycamore trees and world-class architecture....
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Tamikrest
[split] Tamikrest means 'crossing' in the language of the Kel Tamashek, a traditionally nomadic Saharan people that are commonly referred to as the Tuareg. It's an apt name for a band blending echoes...
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Art in Algeria
Continue reading [split] Sedira, who was born and raised in France, started out thanks to the familial network that brought her to the programme’s lucky locale. ‘My parents had an apartment which...
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