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Donia Alshetairy’s latest solo exhibition, “Suspended Presence,” invites audiences to step into a contemplative environment where time, perception and human awareness are placed under the microscope.
Over the past two decades, the Gulf region has transformed into one of the most dynamic centers for international art fairs. Once considered a peripheral market in the global art scene, cities such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha are now hosting some of the most influential cultural events in the world.
For decades, the story of Modernism has been told through a largely European lens. But a powerful new book is shifting that narrative — placing Egypt firmly at the centre of 20th-century artistic revolution.
In Abu Dhabi, inside the light-filled space of Iris Projects, Emirati artist Shamsa Al Omaira transforms loss into something quietly powerful. Her first solo exhibition in more than a decade, Hard like Tears, Soft like Glass, is not simply a show — it is an emotional landscape built from memories, fragments, and healing.
In Cairo, a quiet revolution is unfolding on bookshelves. For decades, Naguib Mahfouz has stood as a monument of Arabic literature — respected, studied, admired, yet often left unread by younger generations. His novels were seen as classics meant for classrooms, not coffee shops. Today, that perception is changing.
At the heart of Cairo, inside the monumental Grand Egyptian Museum, Art Cairo 2026 unfolds as more than just an art fair. It feels like a statement. A declaration that Arab contemporary art is no longer peripheral, but confidently positioned within the global cultural conversation.
Every January, Dubai opens a new chapter in its cultural calendar with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, a celebration where stories step beyond the page and into lived experience. For one week, the city becomes a meeting point for literature lovers, culture enthusiasts and creative minds, united by a shared belief in the power of words to inspire, challenge and connect.
Cairo is preparing for a landmark moment as Cairo Design Week 2025 approaches — an edition that promises to be its most expressive and ambitious yet. From 20 to 29 November 2025, Egypt’s capital will unfold into a vast, open-air museum where culture, architecture, creativity and innovation come together in a celebration of global design.
The seventh edition of Art Cairo will take place from 22–26 January 2026, hosted at the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids.
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In collaboration with rapper Tommy Cash, Adidas has unveiled the longest running sneaker they have ever imagined, taking direct inspiration from Superstar, one of its favorite models.
The fair is staging a physical and virtual edition at Christie’s Paris this week
Scottish designer Phoenix Instinct has developed a lightweight wheelchair with a movable axle position that automatically adjusts the chair's center of gravity to stop overbalancing.
South Korean electronics company LG has integrated electronic fans and HEPA filters into a face mask, in order to turn it into a wearable air purifier.
Architecture studio APL Design Workshop has built a foyer on a raised platform ringed by trees for an open-air theatre in Kurobe, Japan.
Plush, tufted velvet seats are drooped over complex frameworks of interlocking wooden poles in this furniture collection by Marija Puipaitė and Vytautas Gečas, which takes design cues from horse saddles.
Central Saint Martins graduate Jessan Macatangay incorporated deconstructed chairs into his striking fashion collection, to symbolise how people carry the weight of personal struggles.
United Airlines will address coronavirus concerns by requiring passengers and crew to submit a health assessment before flying.
With cinemas in Berlin closed for the foreseeable future a new initiative born out of lockdown is bringing the movie theatre to people's homes instead.
Sports brand Nike has created the Air Max 2090 to demonstrate what it sees as being the future of trainer design.
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BEIRUT ART FAIR is an international modern and contemporary art fair with a focus on the artistic scenes of the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin.
Legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum will feature in a hologram concert in Cairo next week
The trailblazing Lebanese artist whose richly colored abstract paintings and intricate, organically shaped sculptures in wood, clay, aluminum, and other materials.
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