Food and Drink Traditional Flavour Meets Creative Technique at Vancouver’s New Persian Restaurant Chef Bardia Ilbeiggi draws on culinary training from Paris and elegant dining traditions from Tehran.
Design Hossein Amanat Building freedom. Architect Hossein Amanat was only 24 when his concept for Iran’s now-iconic Azadi Tower earned him widespread acclaim. Now he’s 74. But is he slowing down? Not a chance.
Arts Middle Eastern Art Markets Salam, art world. While talk of Egyptian art at auction typically bends one’s thoughts toward antiquity, the sale of artist Mahmoud Said’s The Whirling Dervishes for over $2.5-million could be seen as a turning point in the fluorescence of the Middle Eastern modern and contemporary art market.
