Beyond The Barre: The Middle East’s Dancers On Discipline, Art And Expression

Two of the region’s most revered dancers from the UAE and Lebanon, on why ballet still matters when it comes to preserving artistic tradition while pushing culture forward

What The Women Of The Middle East Taught Me About Home – And Privilege

"This region has brought me a self I recognise more fully than the one I arrived with. That is an enormous debt."

Tigerlily Taylor On Feminism, Her Famous Dad, Turning 31 & The Sustainable Brand She Built From Scratch

From rock royalty roots to eco-conscious entrepreneur, Tigerlily Taylor is redefining what is means to be a modern muse.

The Light That Refuses to Go Out: What It Means to Be A Persian Woman

From ancient gardens to modern revolutions, the story of Iran – Persia, to many, has always been written most starkly on women’s bodies. Carriers of light through oppression, exile and war, Persian women embody both wilderness and resilience, as documented by Iranian-British-Kiwi writer Sahar Sedaghat in this love letter to her roots.