The Rise of Neurowellness in Dubai: A conversation with MindTune Founder Ramzi Shehadeh
Inside the startup bringing brain training technology out of elite labs and into your daily routine.
A Letter from AlUla, Written in Thread
Saudi fashion label HINDAMME has released a collection co-created with 26 artisans from AlUla, translating the region's 7,000-year-old rock inscriptions into modern abayas and shirts.
“Dubai Doesn’t Let You Stop. That’s Exactly the Problem”
Dr. Sarah Rasmi, psychologist and founder of Thrive Wellbeing Centre Dubai, on anxiety in a city that never pauses, the illusion of the perfect life, and why time may be the ultimate luxury.
Wellbeing
Your Digital Twin That Could Save Your Life
A digital twin, built from your scans, biology and real-time health data, can model disease, test treatments and help doctors choose a path. The first versions are already entering medicine in the Gulf.
The Body as Space. What Milan Design Week 2026 Tells Us About the Future of Wellbeing
A metaphor for all of Milan in April 2026: design moved beyond objects – into sensations. Everything was created around one question: how does it feel to be inside?
Longevity Pods: What They Are and How Do They Work
Longevity pods turn at-home care into a calming immersive treatment: salt, red light, oxygen, sound, and scent combined into one guided session.
The Quiet Hack. How Vipassana Became a Tool of the Tech Elite
Tech CEOs spent years trying to hack productivity from the outside. Vipassana offered a harsher proposition: to turn inward and confront the mind itself.
People
Inside the Billionaire Race for Longevity
From Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman to Priscilla Chan and Brian Armstrong, tech’s richest figures are now building their own longevity projects, from cellular reprogramming to AI biology.
Founder of Akari Wellness on Dubai’s First Brain Bar
We spoke to Katia de Rham, Founder of Akari Wellness, about the UAE’s first Brain Bar, adaptogen-infused drinks, and the new rituals of cognitive recovery.
Mark Sands: “The Most Valuable Outcome Is a Shift in Mindset”
In our interview with Mark Sands, Vice President of Wellness at Six Senses Hotels, we discuss what defines a meaningful wellness experience today and how it is likely to evolve in the future.
Mohamed Badie: “A deeply human space respects the body and the senses. It allows silence”
We sit down with the founder of award-winning Badie Architects, Mohamed Badie, to talk about what it actually takes to work at the intersection of structure and emotion.
Living
Build Well to Live: What the Global Wellness Institute Discovered in the Gulf
A new report from the Global Wellness Institute reveals that while the rest of the world is still debating what a "healthy home" means, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have already rewritten the rules – at the scale of entire cities.
Sleep in the Sky: How Private Aviation Is Redesigning Rest
For most travelers, flying is a compromise with the body: dry air, engine noise and a half‑sleep. VistaJet offers a different script: sleep as a conscious restoration ritual.
Why Wellbeing is Becoming the New Logic of Luxury: An Editor’s View
Ten years ago, status was read through objects. Today, it is increasingly measured in quality of life and access to environments that restore you. The logic of luxury is changing.
Island Time: Six Eid al-Adha Escapes to Consider Now
From the Maldives and Istanbul to Mauritius and Sri Lanka, these are the kinds of places far enough to feel like a reset and close enough to make sense for a long weekend.
Travel
One&Only Kéa Island: Aegean Seclusion and Cycladic Wellness Retreat
One&Only Kea Island brings a quieter form of well-being to the Cyclades, with private villas, sea-facing wellness and the raw rhythm of the Aegean.
Ancient Healing at One&Only Mandarina
How the oldest spiritual traditions in Mexico found their home inside the most immersive luxury wellness experience in the country.
6 European Destinations with a Wellbeing Focus This Summer
From the Cyclades to the French Alps and Burgundy, a new generation of stays is shaping travel around wellbeing and meaningful nature experiences.
The New Era of Premium Travel: Hotels Built for Recovery and Sleep
Today, more travelers arrive at a hotel with a specific goal: recover quickly. A new kind of hospitality is quietly taking shape and it is growing in plain sight.
Beauty
Henry Jacques CEO Anne-Lise Cremona on Letting Perfume Be The King
The head of Henry Jacques, a French perfume house known for some of the world’s most rarefied pure perfumes, on preserving the soul of a family Maison and the forgotten complexity of the rose.
Peptides in Dubai: A Practical Guide to Clinics, Costs, GLP-1s and Longevity Treatments in 2026
Whether you've heard about GLP-1s for weight loss, BPC-157 for injury recovery, or the new oral pill that just landed in UAE, the conversation has shifted from if peptides work to where to get them.
What if the future of skincare is no longer a cream, but a beam of light?
LYMA is part of a new wave of beauty that brings advanced laser technology into the home.
The Perfume Wardrobe: A Modern Guide to Scent Layering
Today, fragrance layering has moved from a perfume-insider habit to the center of beauty culture. Our beauty editor shares a step-by-step guide to do it the right way.
Culture
Seven Museums Changing What Culture Can Do to the Body
Wellbeing is often discussed through hotels, clinics and longevity centres. But cultural spaces may be just as central to the future of human restoration.
What to Expect From Art Dubai’s New Format This May
The Middle East's most influential art fair returns in May with a leaner format, free doors and a first-of-its-kind deal that ties gallery fees to actual sales.
The AI Artist Question
When a machine can generate the image, the real question is no longer who made it, but who is the author?
The Private Collector
The most influential collector today often flies in unannounced, walks the preview alone, and already knows exactly what he is looking for. More and more often, he comes from the Middle East.
