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Hussain Rehar’s SS26 Nargis blooms in excess
Pakistani fashion’s investment in The Bride as a symbol rather than agent is a long-standing norm. Despite bridal wear being…
Ladakh’s Pashmina through the eyes of Keerthana Kunnath
While Zara digs into its archive pile with John Galliano, the fashion industry continues to produce at a pace that…
Family Matters: An homage to collective care
PHOTOGRAPHY ALASSAN DIAWARA | STYLING MERIEM CHEBLAL When it comes to family, ‘it takes a village’ is an axiom. The phrase itself…
Opinion: We should gatekeep Arab beauty secrets from creators who feed into overconsumption
TikTok beauty creators are infamously good at persuading their followers to purchase a lot of products, so much so, that…
Inside Iman Eldeeb’s mission to build Arab representation on the runway
In the muted light of a casting room, where first impressions speak louder than words, Iman Eldeeb watches a young…
Should TikTok’s bukhoor boom make Middle Easterners feel uncomfortable?
One of the more endearing parts of Arab culture, in my humble opinion, is tabkheer. To think that at all…
Niyū Yūrk: Hiba Abid interprets the traces of MENA lives in New York City
Quoting Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks, the Palestinian-American intellectual Edward Said remarks that “[h]istory has left in us an infinity of…
لعيدٍ أسعد: بين فراغ العيد وعودة إلى النوستالجيا
والآن، في آخر أيام رمضان، ليلة الوقفة. لم تكن هناك وقفة، كانت ليلة مليئة بالضجيج، بأصوات تتبعها أصوات، ودائمًا ما…
Opinion: In defence of archives for building a future of decolonial sovereignty
Over the past few decades, archiving has become an increasingly prominent mode of production among the Palestinian people. Although the…
A tribute to Cheb Terro: Sousse’s very own
Rayen Hermassi, known to many as Cheb Terro, constructed a universe with nothing but raw instinct, borrowed technology, and an…
راب شارع: مرآة للشوارع العربية
في كل حلقة من راب شارع، يظهر بلاك بي مقنّعًا، ممسكًا بالميكروفون. يقف محاطًا بموسيقيين تنتمي جذورهم إلى شوارع طرابلس…
Kareem Lotfy prefers the margins: in conversation with one of Egypt’s most elusive artists
Kareem Lotfy is the kind of artist who prefers the margins. A veteran in Egypt’s electronic music scene and an…
Abdulhamid Kircher on his latest book New Genesis and the limits of objectivity
“Objectivity in documentary photography is its own kind of fantasy,” writes American photographer Stacy Kranitz. “How can the photographer demystify…
5 photographers redefining womanhood in the Middle East
Middle East Archive’s new book, Entitled Women, features contributions from Myriam Boulos, Juliette Cassidy, Farah Al Qasimi and many more
“Remember The Future” with Anuar Khalifi
For Anuar Khalifi’s recent solo show at The Third Line, a list of directives was scribbled on the other side…
Shazad Latif on carving space, Wuthering Heights and “putting pressure back on the big boys”
The world increasingly requires us to live in profound contradiction. Whether it’s political polarisation or identity politics, all forms of…
Such stuff as dreams: Soad Hosni’s image, 25 years on
Rania Stephan opens her essayistic film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011) with an excerpt from Act IV Scene…
Hanging by a Wire: Behind the thrilling Pakistani documentary that opened Sundance 2026
In August of 2023, the lush Himalayan foothills of Northern Pakistan became a haunting spectacle across global media. For 13…
Such stuff as dreams: Soad Hosni’s image, 25 years on
Rania Stephan opens her essayistic film The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011) with an excerpt from Act IV Scene…
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