BROWNBOOK MAGAZINE

Brownbook is the essential guide to the contemporary Middle East and North Africa focusing on design, travel and culture

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Dancing in the USSR: How did an Egyptian Prima Ballerina find herself in the Bolshoi spotlight?

writer: Alia Gilbert
photography: Lara Atallah

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24 Hours in The Princes’ Islands: A day trip to the car-free and carefree archipelago off the coast of Istanbul. 

Writers: Heval Okçuoğglu & Natasha Stallard
Photographer: Müjgan Afra Özceylan

Read the article: https://t.co/SNRYR0Qs1U

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24 Hours in Kuala Lumpur: Take a trip to Ain Arabia – the 'Little Arabia' of Malaysia's alluring capital city.

Writer: Rachel Jena
Photographer: Adam Lee

Read the article: https://t.co/pJsQR3mMHo

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24 Hours in Constantine: Bridging the gap between old and new, Constantine is Algeria’s most beguiling city.

Writer: John Burns

Photographer: Abdouldjalil Djarri

Read the article: https://t.co/RCZW3q16qk

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24 Hours in Södertälje: Since the 1970s, an Assyrian community has called this city on the outskirts of Sweden home.

Writer: Natasha Stallard 
Photographer: Jonas Alexander David

Read the article: https://t.co/gLaod7pARq

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24 Hours in Ramallah: A visit to a farmer’s market and a hilltop cultural centre in Palestine’s ‘Big Olive’.

Writer: Riyam Kafri AbuLaban
Photographer: Hasan Safadi

Read the article: https://t.co/N5CKHwurlF

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24 hours in Córdoba: Once the glorious Islamic centre of Andalucía, contemporary Córdoba remains a cultural capital.

Writer: Natasha Stallard

Photographer: Francis Capote

Read the article: https://t.co/lbQ69UutOa

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Brownbook in collaboration with Burberry: Emirati printmaker Saeed Al Madani’s work deals with multiple identity and in-between spaces

Watch the video: https://t.co/C2my80UWQR

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A 1950s ice cream and dessert shop continues its legacy in Kuwait City.

Writer: Zahra Ali Baba

Photographer: Huda Al Abdulmughni
Read the article: https://t.co/D1ejQi07x0

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24 Hours in Malé: It may be one of the smallest capitals in the world, but the modern face of the Maldives is an isle of cultural plenty.

Writer: John Burns
Photographer: Ahmed Mahin Fayaz & Shaari

Read the article: https://t.co/1nM4agHKwp

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Brownbook in collaboration with Burberry: Dubai-based British architect Jonathan Ashmore reflects on how the UAE is creating modern history through its architecture

Watch the video: https://t.co/TxRkOs2BRu

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24 Hours in Nicosia: The capital of Cyprus is a tale of two cities.

Writer: Emily Millett
Photographer: Mehmet Nevzat Erdoğan

Read the article: https://t.co/26atOzBb6y

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The Egyptian writer Yasmine El Rashidi on turning to fiction and coming home to Cairo.

Writer: Rashed Aqrabawi
Photographer: Wafaa Samir

Read the article: https://t.co/yTe9JdeZcx

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24 Hours in Dubai: No camels, no shopping malls: a guide to the Emirati city’s other quintessential charms.

Writer: John Burns & Natasha Stallard
Photographer: Rebecca Rees

Read the article: https://t.co/rFEHQpyFkT

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Brownbook in collaboration with Burberry: The scents and stories of the UAE inspire Emirati jewellery designer Noura Alserkal’s practice in London

Watch the video: https://t.co/TxRkOs2BRu

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24 Hours in Bamako: Visit a more than 50-year old photo studio and a family of kora masters.

Writer: Phil Paoletta

Photographer: Sébastien Rieussec

Read the article: https://t.co/CimUKkf4IN

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The exhibition Mudun, Urban Cultures in Transit presents the varying dynamics and atmospheres of urban areas in the Middle East North Africa region through ten years of research and documentation by the Dubai-based magazine, Brownbook

Watch the video: https://t.co/tWfuINmlfE

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From her Stockholm apartment, Sarah El Miniawy runs a talent management firm supporting artists at the forefront of the Middle East’s independent music scene.

Writer: John Burns 
Photographer: Gustav Mårtensson

Read the article: https://t.co/4LjGzSPkrg

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24 Hours in Havana: From Arabic radio shows to miniature mosques, explore the unexpected Middle Eastern charms of the Cuban capital.

Writer: Orsola Casagrande
Photographer: Lisette Poole

Read the article: https://t.co/5semFXAlOt