Khaoula Ghanem

Long before Arabic-dial watches became collector catnip, Gulf royalty and wealthy patrons were commissioning Swiss watchmakers to create timepieces with a distinctly regional touch. Think Rolex Daytonas with Eastern Arabic numerals, Piaget dials spelling ... See more

Art Basel Paris is currently underway, which means the French capital is once again playing host to some of the art world's biggest names. But while much of the attention is focused on the artworks changing hands for eye-watering sums, some of the fair's ... See more

In many Arab, South Asian, East Asian, and Black households, the idea that your life belongs exclusively to you is practically a foreign concept. Your parents' problems are your problems. Your achievements belong to the entire family. Your decisions rarel... See more

In the 1970s, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, was on something of a spending spree. Flush with oil money and determined to turn Iran into one of the world's most formidable military powers, the monarch was pouring billions into Western weapo... See more

As his new exhibition, Al Nayed, opens in Dubai, the pioneering Emirati artist looks back on more than five decades of painting, the city he watched transform before his eyes, and the memories that continue to find their way onto his canvases. Before the ... See more