Tag Archives: middle east
On the Rise: #Arab Tweeting
If you’re hashtagging from the Arab world, chances are you’re now one in a million. Literally. According to a recent infographic compiled by Jordan-based tweeter Khaled ElAhmad, there are currently over one million active Twitter users in the Middle Eastern/North African region: 1,311,882 users, to be exact. While the high number could be attributed to [...]
Boho Sharky: A Free Spirit Bohemian Brand from Egypt
We stumbled upon this whimsical and free spirit brand online and had to share. Boho Sharky is an Egyptian fashion brand inspired by the Oriental Style with a glammed up version of the basic bohemian look! Boho Sharky has been inspired by history, more significantly the Ottoman Empire. Inspiration for this summer line was drawn [...]
“The Other Resurrection” Exhibition at Contemporary Art Platform: Storytelling through images
This stunning photography exhibition gives a chance to explore the work of the region’s best photographers. Their visual stories are powerful, haunting and heart wrenching to say the least. They take you on a journey with their poignant images and jolt you out of your reverie to bring home the point. A collective photography exhibition [...]
Jeremy Baggot: Why Regional Collectors Need to Insure Their Art
Art is flourishing in the Middle East with the numbers of art collectors on the rise, and the proliferation of local and regional art galleries and museums. We always wondered how art collectors and museums protected those expensive and valuable works of art, and thus got in touch with one of the world’s leading insurance [...]
Middle East Pop Culture Designs by Rana Salam
We’re big fans of artist and designer Rana Salam (we even interviewed her back in 2010), so while we were perusing New York based art organization ArteEast‘s online store, we were happy to find that they carry some amazing affordable designs by Rana Salam. Rana Salam is known for creating contemporary designs influenced by classic [...]
Fashlink: The First Virtual Stylist in The Middle East
At a first glance Fashlink seems like an ordinary online shopping website, instead, it is the first social window shopping platform in the Middle East. Fashlink is a unique website that offers more than 3,500 individual items that include accessories, bags, shoes and apparel. The aim of the website is to allow users the chance [...]
It’s Back: The One Month Most Muslims Anticipate Yearly
You walk around malls and see signs that it’s coming. You switch on the television and radio, and know that programs are being prepared for it. You go to the supermarket and see all the deals and preparations for it. You talk with friends and all they seem to talk about is it. It’s finally [...]
Barbie’s Feet and Literacy Rates in the Middle East
For the longest time, I’ve always been so neutral when it comes to favorites. I never favored a female writer over a male writer, never favored a female politician over a male politician, a female musician over a male musician. The reason was simple: I never believed that one’s gender determines what’s in their brain, [...]