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15 pieces filed under culture
In Praise of the Long Ramadan Night
The month that turns the clock upside down offers a rhythm of patience and togetherness the rest of the year forgets
By Marcus Okafor
PoliticsJul 1
How Moving the Weekend Rewired a Region
A quiet change to which days count as the weekend reshaped commerce, worship, and family life across the Gulf
By Mira Faraj
OpinionJul 1
The Oud in the Age of the Stream
An instrument built for the intimate room now competes for attention in an endless global playlist
By Diego Arroyo
OpinionJul 1
The Group Chat Became the New Majlis
The gathering that once filled a room now unfolds in a scroll, for better and for worse
By Lena Holloway
OpinionJun 30
The Call to Prayer Still Sets the City's Clock
Five times a day an ancient sound reorganizes the modern city, a rhythm no notification has managed to replace
By Diego Arroyo
OpinionJun 30
The Perfume Bottle as a Vial of Memory
In a region where scent is a language, a small bottle can hold more memory than any photograph
By Marcus Okafor
TechnologyJun 30
The Region Discovers It Is a Gaming Power
A young and deeply connected population is turning the region from a market for games into a maker of them
By Mira Faraj
OpinionJun 30
In Praise of the Afternoon Rest
A defense of the midday pause the region is quietly trading away for the cult of the endless working day
By Lena Holloway
OpinionJun 29
In Praise of the Corner Grocery
A love letter to the neighborhood shop that still knows your name in the age of ten-minute delivery
By Mira Faraj
PoliticsJun 29
The National Day Is a Tradition We Built on Purpose
How young nations engineer ritual and memory, and why the manufactured tradition still does real work
By Mira Faraj
OpinionJun 29
We Are Losing the Art of the Handwritten Invitation
As the forwarded message replaces the embossed card, the deliberate effort that turned an announcement into an honor is quietly fading
By Diego Arroyo
OpinionJun 28
The Mall Is the Region's True Public Square
Air-conditioned and privately owned, the shopping mall has quietly inherited the civic life the plaza once carried
By Lena Holloway
OpinionJun 28
In Praise of the Long Lunch
Why the unhurried midday meal remains the region's most reliable engine of trust
By Mira Faraj
BusinessJun 3
The Regional Spreadsheet Has Quietly Become a Cultural Object
Inside the unstoppable rise of a particular file format among a particular cohort of regional professional women, and why the rest of us should pay attention.
By Sara Qureshi
WorldFeb 12
Saudi Coffee and the Culture of the Majlis: A Visitor's Guide
Pale, cardamom-scented, and poured with quiet ceremony, qahwa is a doorway into how the kingdom actually socialises.
By Lena Holloway