Lebanese businessman Mohamed al-Faqih decided to open the first "touchless" restaurant in Toronto, Canada, to help customers enjoy Arabic food, while respecting the rules of social separation.
With this, Box'd became the first fully “self” restaurant in Canada, where the customer enters the restaurant and then chooses the meal he wants from his cell phone, by scanning the restaurant’s digital code. After waiting for some time, the customer's name appears on the orders screen, and he is asked to go to one of the sterile glass boxes in which his application will be ready by a number of in-house chefs who prepare it. To open these boxes where food is placed automatically, the customer must double click on them.
It is noteworthy that Fakih succeeded in launching a chain of "Paramount" restaurants that offer Arabic food, years ago, which met with great success, and became one of the most famous restaurants in Toronto and other cities in Canada.
I visited Laila Muraywid’s studio in Paris, it is the kind of place that rearranges your inner geography. A Syrian artist working between painting and sculpture, she creates objects that feel at once intimate yet cosmic, like relics from ancient times that pulse with contemporary pain and splendour.
Saudi Arabia is taking another bold step in redefining its cultural landscape with the launch of the Saudi Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMoCA), a landmark project that reflects the Kingdom’s growing investment in the arts.
In a moment where the Middle East continues to navigate complex realities, art remains one of the most powerful tools for memory, identity, and resistance. The exhibition Forget Me Not: South Lebanon in Memory and Motion offers a deeply human perspective on a region often reduced to headlines.