Creative Infrastructure: Khadija Al Bastaki on Dubai Design District
Khadija Al Bastaki on d3's transformation — where 1,100 funded start-ups, Dubai Fashion Week, and AED 9 billion in funding have made the Arab world a…
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Heritage Reimagined: Amina Ghali of Azza Fahmy Jewellery
Amina Ghali on inheriting the Azza Fahmy legacy — growing up in a workshop, training in Italy and the UK, and why the Wonders of Nature…
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Journey’s Essence: Talar Artinian on Fashion as Identity
Talar Artinian — from war-torn Lebanon to Thailand to Dubai — on a polka-dot set that survived decades, and why beauty emanates from happiness, not the…
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The Architect of Time: Jacob Arabo of Jacob & Co.
Jacob Arabo on arriving in America with nothing and a photographer's eye — how Biggie Smalls walked through the door organically, and why Astronomia rotates once…
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Eternal Ruby: Roberto Coin on the Hidden Philosophy of Luxury
Roberto Coin — hotelier turned jeweller, and how a late-night book about Egyptian pharaohs gave every Roberto Coin piece its secret ruby, pressed against the wearer's…
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What Takes Away Life, Music Restores: Teodor Doré
Teodor Doré on hearing an orchestra at age four that only he could hear — and performing Rachmaninoff's lost suite at Carnegie Hall for an audience…
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A Universal Language: Nata Vuokila and Lara Buividis of LN Family
Nata Vuokila and Lara Buividis of LN Family on 17 years following their woman — from the first parcel to Paris to discovering that Dubai buys…
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Architecture as Fashion: Askar Ramazanov on Two Disciplines, One Language
Askar Ramazanov on the kinship between architecture and fashion — from Chanel's Coco quoting proportions to Virgil Abloh's Mies van der Rohe obsession, with Abu Dhabi…
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A Royal Lineage Across a Thousand Years: Elen Levitt
Elen Levitt on curating a Rurikid prince's 1,100-work Silver Age collection at BC Academy Dubai — where heritage crosses borders and culture becomes an act of…
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Beautifying Humanity: Jean-Marc Weiser of La Biosthétique
Jean-Marc Weiser of La Biosthétique on 75 years of Paris-born beauty — why there are no frontiers for the desire to feel beautiful, and what the…
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