Articles
Bipasha Basu, warrior queen
Bollywood star Bipasha Basu is courting controversy with her latest movie role as a militant Muslim leader.
Dance of the enchantress: Arabia's ancient and complex art of female freedom
Feature With its swaying hips and undulating grace, Arabic dance is a sophisticated form of self-expression, refined over a thousand years.
Dream job hiding in my junk mail
Punam Verma, the face of Dubai One, talks about the lucky break that led to her fronting her own television show.
Daughter's watch
Feature` On the eve of Father's Day, Tahira Yaqoob tells the story of a family firm that sells exquisite Swiss timepieces in the Middle East. Started by a patriarch, and handed down to his sons, the time has now come for the female members of the family to make their contribution.
Walk in, dance out
During the past century, Arthur Murray dance studios have helped make 40 million dancers out of even the most awkward wallflowers.
Those with silly money just became cleverer with it
Rich shoppers are no longer blindly buying bling, preferring instead quality at a reasonable price.
'Jarrod set me on a path - and look where I am now'
Three years after the death of her husband, New Zealand rugby player Jarrod Cunningham, Carrie Tindell has found peace in the desert.
'Nobu is my way of presenting Japanese culture to the world'
Feature A master of fusing unusual ingredients, Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, the celebrity chef at the helm of the Nobu restaurant empire, is happy to tell Tahira Yaqoob about his rise from a Peruvian kitchen to the throne of Japanese cuisine... until she mentions the bluefin tuna.
The mane man: Frédéric Fekkai
Feature With an innate sense of style, Frédéric Fekkai has the ability to fashion hair in a simple, natural cut that matches a client's personality and complements their face - and many of the world's most beautiful women love him for it.
Dubai, the new port of call for cruise liners
Cover Tahira Yaqoob jumps aboard Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas to discover why Dubai is becoming a new base for cruising in the Middle East.
Stardust memories: how Dubai is falling for Shobhaa Dé's charms
Cover The beauty who was beastly about Bollywood in a gossipy magazine that proved an instant hit has grown into a prolific, witty writer and controversial blogger with an opinion on everything.
Anti-drugs unit arrests nearly 1,500
Anti-narcotics officers seized more than 400kg of drugs and 4.6 million contraband pills last year, Dubai Police say.
Five Dubai flights lost to British Airways strike
Hundreds of passengers affected as talks between airline bosses and union continue.
Art Dubai: the big fair with an international flair
Beyond allowing visitors to appreciate art for art's sake, the showcase event highlights Middle East creativity and entices patrons.
Book festival mixes childish fun with heavyweight debate
Glittering line-up of authors attracts 25,000 to festival events including readings by children's authors and debates on barriers facing women writers.
