The Global Interior of Huda Hashim
British born Sudanese artist, Huda Hashim, is an interior designer, 3D rendering and contemporary artist best known for her abstract works depicting life in Sudan. Huda was born in Liverpool, England, while her father was attending medical school. When she was just three years old, she and her family moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a city known for its growing medical infrastructure, where she spent her formative years. During her time in Jeddah, Huda experienced a city defined by its cultural diversity.
Morocco: A Photographic Journey
The story of Marrakech begins in the year 475 AH (1062 AD), as two men walked together in the Sahara desert. Cousins by blood, brothers in arms and ideology, they had spent years at war and were touring the desert in search of a future. Abu Bakr ibn Umar, leader of the Almoravids, and his top lieutenant Yusuf ibn Tashfin were continuing a fight begun by Abu Bakr’s brother Yahya ibn Umar and their teacher, the Maliki jurist and preacher Abdullah ibn Yasin. Both had fallen in battle, leaving it to Abu Bakr and Yusef to continue to expand their dominion, and with it their vision of Islam.
Goddess Party: Gods & Heroes in Morocco’s Jnane Tamsna Resort
For her 30th birthday, Thaïs Sala wanted to do something special. The hotelier, who owns Jnane Tamsna, Morocco’s first Black-owned hotel, with her mother, Meryanne Loum-Martin, decided on an event that would bring all of her favorite people together to welcome in her fourth decade of life.
