Nazir Tanbouli names all of his monsters.

A live chicken tied to the gallery floor with a short rope pecks at the few remaining seeds within its short reach.

The multi-faceted Mourad Mazouz has successfully straddled the lines of food and fashion simultaneously. At the heart of it all lies a personality with a strong understanding of his culture’s intricacies as he boasts Momo as one of his latest successful ventures.

Walking along the banks of the Zayandeh River, taking in the views of the city’s numerous bridges and surrounded by stunning architecture from its many places of religious worship it is easy to see why Esfahan has been labelled the Florence of the Middle East. But an Iranian tour guide speaking to a small group of Western tourists fiercely refutes this claim.

One of the founders of The Third Line,

Music, for the DJ, radio presenter and producer Dany Neville, is something that runs in his veins.

Function & Creativity – A Brownbook and Samsung Galaxy Note collaboration.

From its white-washed cuboid base on the banks of the Bosphorus – more of which later – architectural outfit Superpool use good design to solve social issues. A case in point is their launderette project in the predominately Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, 100km from the Syrian border.

Six years ago, Eugenie Dolberg, a photojournalist, became frustrated and disillusioned with the dehumanising coverage coming out of Iraq and the lack of access to real, unpoliticised stories of everyday life. So she teamed up with Irada Zaydan, who gave up her job as a lecturer at Baghdad University for an artistic project. The pair contacted a group of Iraqi women from different social, religious and political backgrounds and brought them together for a photography workshop in Syria.

In an effort to promote cross cultural dialogue and artistic expression, the London-based Al Madad Foundation is all set to showcase a group exhibition of works