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AD Middle EastThe 9 Best Dressing Tables for Getting Ready Rituals A good dressing table can make or break your morning ritual, with everything you need within reach and nothing fighting for attention. But what does it take to get the balance right?

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AD Middle EastThis Abidjan Home Is an Ode to the Salons of 1930s Paris Free-flowing social spaces are combined with colourful, main-character furniture

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AD Middle EastThe 41 Best Hotels in the World – Where Our Design Experts Love to Stay From Parisian nightspots reborn as boutique stays to seaside palaces and safari hideaways, these extraordinary addresses give design lovers every reason to get out of…

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AD Middle East14 Photos of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan: The UAE's Founding Father Beyond the Official Portrait On the anniversary of his passing, rare photographs show a more private Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan at the billiards table, with his falcons and on tour in…

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AD Middle EastThis Marrakech Hotel Was Meant to Be Built in Lebanon, Until War Changed its Course Exquisite design details meet an unwavering heritage of hospitality at Palais Beit Al Noor

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AD Middle East2026 November Horoscope: Tarot Forecasts Plus Design Tips To Attract Good Luck October is guided by the 2 of Pentacles tarot card. Discover how its message shapes your love, career, health and money

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AD Middle East14 Beautiful Villages Steeped in Magic and History – Including Two in the Arab World For travellers seeking to skip the crowds, these are some of the most blissfully undiscovered villages – from a gingerbread fortress in Saudi Arabia to a town drenched in colour in…

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AD Middle EastThis Egyptian Villa in a Quiet Pottery Village Brims With Old-World Soul Villa Fayoum is the latest addition to The Moudira Collection, pairing evocative interiors with the privacy of a 12-room house

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AD Middle EastIt's Olive Harvest Season in Palestine, but the Ceremonial Rituals are Under Threat A defining feature of the region’s landscapes and artistic heritage, the ongoing olive harvest is steeped in language, ritual and symbolism, but political challenges have greatly impacted these…

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AD Middle EastOnion Skins and Other Food Waste Get Transformed Into Art for Nour Hage's New Installation The Lebanese artist's installation at Alserkal Avenue blends cooking and cultural inheritance with communal collaboration

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AD Middle EastEgypt’s Mariolino Beach House is Built Around the Art of Hosting On Egypt’s North Coast, restaurateur Mario Jr. Haddad and designer Hala Saleh have created a seaside stay around the pleasures of being someone’s house guest

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AD Middle East1,400 Treasures From Qatar's Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani’s Home Head to Auction The Sotheby's auction offers a look inside the Avenue Floquet residence in Paris, where the Qatari collector and Alberto Pinto brought together royal portraits, European silver and Art Deco…

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AD Middle EastInside The New Luxury Safari Retreat That's Rooted in Zambian Design High above Zambia’s Kafue River, Anantara’s newest escape is a fresh, craft-savvy take on the traditional safari-style interior

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AD Middle East10 Haunting Horror Film Sets, From Ghostbusters to The Exorcist Would these spooky sets (including one you can stay in overnight) give you the creeps in real life?

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AD Middle EastCarrie Fisher at Home: 10 Photos of Star Wars' Princess Leia Away From the Screens From a childhood spent around three-pool Beverly Hills estates to hosting James Blunt in a bathroom-turned-recording-studio, these archival photos capture 60 years of the Star Wars icon at…

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AD Middle EastA Renaissance Monastery Begins a New Chapter as Villa San Michele Near Florence A short drive away from Florence, the hilltop hotel blends centuries-old character with contemporary Tuscan elegance

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AD Middle EastTextile Artist Kamilah Ahmed Weaves Bangladeshi Traditions Into Her Tapestries Bridging 19th-century Iznik tilework with South Asian heritage, the artist works with hybrid embroidery techniques to illustrate our interconnectedness

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AD Middle EastAlvar Aalto: A Trip to Helsinki, Tracing the Work and Legacy of the Finnish Architect Revisiting the works of one of the world's pioneers of modern architecture is essential to understanding the movement. Nowhere is his past legacy and present relevance more visible than in…

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AD Middle EastA Silk-Weaving Family Fills This Damascus Hotel With Antique Treasures and Fragrant Florals Ottoman-era Damascus hotel Beit Al Mamlouka once produced the loom-woven silk used for Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding dress in 194

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AD Middle EastChocolate-Brown Interiors Set a Luxe Yet Relaxing Tone to This Bel Air Home Smoky hues are combined with considered wellness touches at the Bel Air home, including a sculpted stone outdoor bathtub

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AD Middle EastFrom Whimsy to Butter Yellow, Nara Smith Dishes out Details on Kitchen Design “Give yourself grace” is the kitchen motto of Nara Smith, the model and self-taught cook who has just released her cookbook, Homemade

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AD Middle EastHow Tutankhamun’s Tomb Sparked an Art Deco Design Craze After the boy king’s tomb was discovered in 1922, Egyptomania swept through interiors, fashion, jewellery and architecture

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AD Middle EastWinners of the Design Doha Prize 2026 Will be Announced at the Design Doha Biennial Celebrating talent across the Middle East and its diasporas, the Design Doha Prize awards and nurtures designers while contributing to the region's creative…

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AD Middle EastTrompe l’Oeil Murals and Layered Chintz Bring Romantic Grandeur to This Restored Malta Hotel Suzanne Sharp, co-founder of The Rug Company, has transformed her family home into a charmingly layered boutique hotel called Casa Bonavita

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