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Beyond the Green Wall: Interiors Shaping Wellbeing in the Gulf
Biophilic design has long promised to reconnect people with nature. Today, the sharper question is whether wellness-driven residential interiors can support the body and the nervous system.
The Age of Intention: Inside the New Logic of Longevity Medicine
Dr. Jaffer Khan, Founder and CEO of AEON Clinic at Atlantis The Royal, on what longevity medicine really means – and why most people still don’t understand it.
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.
The Billionaire Longevity Paradox
If wealth gives access to the best doctors and diagnostics, should billionaires live longer? We asked Alexey Strygin – CEO of the Longevity Economics Institute – what his analysis of billionaire lifespans reveals about money and ageing.
Wellbeing
The Gulf Wellness Brief: A New Map of Health, Travel and Longevity
The Gulf is drawing global attention in wellness and longevity. But what is actually happening in the market and where the investable opportunities are?
Midjourney Enters Wellness With a Full-Body Scan in 60 Seconds
Midjourney is expanding beyond image generation into medical imaging, developing a spa-based full-body ultrasound 3D body scans in under a minute.
What Your Biological Age May Reveal About You – And What Today’s Tests Really Show
Everyone wants a younger biological age. Fewer people ask what the number actually means or why two tests can be so different. We ran our own investigation.
The Capital of Living Well: Dubai Launches Its Longevity Authority
With the stroke of a royal decree, Dubai has positioned itself at the vanguard of one of the defining ambitions of our age – the science and architecture of a longer, healthier human life.
People
Inside the Deep Cube: Ilya Blokhin on the Architecture of Sleep
The CEO and Founder of wellness startup the Deep Cube, Ilya Blokhin, on deep sleep, magnetic fields, lucid dreaming, and the technology that is teaching us to rest again.
BioTwin Founder Louis-Philippe Noël on Bringing Digital Twins to the UAE
We talked to BioTwin founder about what it actually means to have a human digital twin – and why the Emirates are moving faster than anyone else.
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.
“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.
Living
Kengo Kuma Brings Wedyan, a New Nature-Led Residence, to Dubai
Designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the residences combine greenery, shaded terraces and wellness-focused amenities, reflecting a new understanding of luxury living in Dubai.
Saudi Arabia Is Building a 135-km Wellness Boulevard through Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s Sports Boulevard is becoming one of the world’s most ambitious examples of wellness real estate.
UAE Wellness Residences Boom: What’s Actually Inside Them?
From Dubai's forest communities to Abu Dhabi's dedicated wellness islands, the UAE is building one of the world's most ambitious map of longevity residences. We looked inside them.
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.
Travel
The Sicilian Odyssey – Into Homer’s Wine-Dark Sea
As Christopher Nolan returns Homer’s wandering king to the screen this July, Rocco Forte Hotels invites travellers to trace Odysseus through the real Sicily.
A Retreat in the Arabian Fjords: Oman’s New Members-Only Escape to Open in 2026
Discover Collection Ras Amud will bring a new kind of private hospitality to Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, shaped by membership, slow travel and one of the Gulf’s most secluded coastal landscapes.
Bay Therapy: The Adriatic Wellness Escape at One&Only Portonovi
With Chenot Espace at its centre, this Montenegro resort sits between a summer hotel and a medical-wellness retreat.
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.
Culture
Human in the Loop – a new sound-and-string exhibition opens in Abu Dhabi
At 421 Arts Campus, the Emirati robotics engineer Dr Ahmad AlAttar turns the gallery into a field of sound and strings you have to play – his first institutional solo show, on until 13 September.
Abu Dhabi Gives Saadiyat a New House of the Arts
The emirate has commissioned Dar Al Funoon Abu Dhabi, a Frank Gehry-designed performing arts centre beside the Saadiyat Cultural District, to open in 2030.
AlUla Unveils Manara, A New Destination for Astrotourism
AlUla is set to become one of the world’s leading astrotourism destinations with Manara, a new hub for stargazing and astronomy.
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.
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.
