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April 6, 2021 By Mairi Beautyman “All my inspiration stems from my childhood experiences and cultural heritage,” reveals Hozan Zangana, who fled Iraqi Kurdistan as a teenager with his family in the 1980s. Last November, during Dubai Design Week 2020, the Netherlands-based designer presented “Fata Morgana,” a socially distanced seating installation punctuated by pillars representing the seven Emirates. Erected in the heart of the Dubai Design District (d3), the installation was the most recent pavilion in the annual Abwab series, which celebrates regional design talent. Zangana is no s...

What The Items On A Nowruz Haft Sin Table Represent Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/March 17, 2021 2:43 pm EDT Happy New Year! What, again? Yes, not only did we get the chance for a fresh start on Jan. 1 and a do-over on Lunar New Year about six weeks later, but, as it turns out, some cultures very sensibly choose to start their calendar off with the Vernal Equinox, aka the first day of spring. According to CNN Travel, Nowruz is the Persian New Year, but it isn't celebrated only in Iran (the former Persia, more or less). Some 300 million people across the globe celebrate it, in...