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Passionate About Storytelling, Enamored with Reading, and Infatuated with Travel Ashraf Aboul-Yazid: “My Creations Are Worlds of My Thoughts, Open for Readers to Visit” — For the writer, poet, and translator Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, the diversity of his literary output is like a river branching across a journey—watering a field here, nurturing a garden there, or moistening a single rose in a pot on a distant balcony. He began his literary career as a poet, publishing his first col

Rawa'a Al Tartour When did your journey in fine art begin, and what first inspired you to pursue it? I have loved drawing since childhood and was often recognized for it at school. But when I was fifteen, I truly began to fall in love with fine art and started following artists on social media. Hyperrealist artists were my greatest inspiration at first, and that same year I began teaching myself how to draw hyperrealistic portraits, training myself on proportions, shading, an

Ali Pasandideh What first drew you to the art of calligraphy, and how did your journey begin? At first, my only goal was to have good...

Sanili Saha What first inspired you to pursue art, and how has your journey evolved? I took to the sketchbook and colours when I was 7...

Leena Kewlani Can you share with us your journey from working in the media and advertising industry for over two decades to becoming an...

Laaleen Sukhera What inspired the founding the Jane Austen Society of Pakistan and the Emirates? I found likeminded friends in Islamabad,...

Nadia Wassef What inspired you and your sister to start Diwan, Egypt's first modern bookstore, in 2002? What were some of the biggest...

Robin Barratt What inspired you to create “My Beautiful Bahrain”, and how does it serve as a tribute to your time in Bahrain? Even though...

Teresa Monica Calado Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you ended up in Dubai? Well, as Portuguese, I believe, discover...

Artist Muhannad Kelani Can you tell us about your journey as an artist? How did you start, and what inspired you to pursue art? My...

Peter Gressman Sands and City Magazine Honors: Exclusive Interview with Peter Gressmann. Dive into the vibrant world of art and culture...