Tag: Culture

Dubai Design Week 2024

For the 2024 Dubai Design Week edition, practitioners were invited to propose designs with a focus on vernacular architecture and how community-centric architectural methods—rooted in local materials and technique—can intersect with new environments.

Al Ain Zoo Hits Record of Sustainable Emirati Employment

A couple of years ago in Dubai we interviewed the Green Sheikh - a beloved figure in the United...

Burj Khalifa Resident Arif Mirza to Slum it in Dubai Reality Show

Just 37 years old, Arif Mirza is one of the few people in the world who can afford to...

Stupid Cupid Learns Valentine’s Day Middle East Style

The bard believed that a “rose by any other name would smell as sweet," but labeling mid-February fun as...

Casablanca’s Cinema in the Hands of One Man

The commercial capital of Morocco is catching up to the western world through a series of dedicated governmental initiatives,...

XinZhao Li Snaps Rare Photos of Remote Tajik People in China

Taskurgan is an unforgiving place. Located at 10,140 feet in the Pamir mountain range on the borders of Afghanistan...

Rain and Qatari folktales of nature in film

A community project in Qatar explores local folktales and what they can teach us about nature in the Middle East

A look at Islam’s Eid al-Adha 2012 Across the Middle East

This time of year marks one of Islam’s most sacred holidays, Eid al-Adha. The four-day holiday corresponds with the...

Melilla Pics: Where Christians, Jews and Muslims Get Along Just Fine

Melilla is a curious place at the tip of North Africa that proves people with different cultural and religious...

Shiazo’s Burn and Stink-free Hookah Hits the Streets

There's a new hookah on the street and she leaves without a trace... on your lungs. Shiazo Steam Stone Shisha...

Festival in Cairo Promotes Recycling and Public Literacy

In the beginning of September, Darb 1718, an art and culture organization in Cairo, hosted a festival to promote...

Save the Cave Dwellers of Cappadocia (PHOTOS)

Nothing is more earth-friendly than carving out an existence in the belly of a cave. Yet, despite its 1985...