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Inevitably, every Christmas Eve, with the rush of getting gifts, preparing dinner and making your home into a winter wonderland of sorts, there will be one or two things you’ll suddenly remember last minute. Maybe you took your time wrapping so many presents that you unwittingly forgot that one last one at the bottom of

We just love Christmas. No matter what, for the festive season, things just become a little bit brighter, better and, dare we say…magical. Our streets are filled with twinkling lights, Christmas trees peek out from windows across the country and Christmas carols invade our radio stations. It’s all just one big happy joyous time. But

Have you ever examined a wood carving and thought- “wow look at all that detail, it must of took so much time and effort to do.” Yeah well imagine that same carving on a Brazilian nut! Yes, you didn’t read wrong, a Brazilian nut. In the run up to World Cup 2014, British artist Quentin

Have you ever examined a wood carving and thought- “wow look at all that detail, it must of took so much time and effort to do.” Yeah well imagine that same carving on a Brazilian nut! Yes, you didn’t read wrong, a Brazilian nut. In the run up to World Cup 2014, British artist Quentin […]

Walking down the streets of Beirut, you can’t help but realize the massive masses of modern homes popping up on every corner. But the admiration of these homes feels empty and that leads us to question whatever happened to traditional home settings? The need for keeping our culture’s roots or traditions has seemed to fade

Walking down the streets of Beirut, you can’t help but realize the massive masses of modern homes popping up on every corner. But the admiration of these homes feels empty and that leads us to question whatever happened to traditional home settings? The need for keeping our culture’s roots or traditions has seemed to fade […]

This Halloween, not everything spooky is all ghosts and goblins. Sometimes, the most spine-tingling of places are those that have been left behind by the living, completely emptying them of human interaction. We sat down with Ad Achkar, a visual artist, who explored this sense of emptiness in his project God Bless Our Home, a series

This Halloween, not everything spooky is all ghosts and goblins. Sometimes, the most spine-tingling of places are those that have been left behind by the living, completely emptying them of human interaction. We sat down with Ad Achkar, a visual artist, who explored this sense of emptiness in his project God Bless Our Home, a series […]

In the past decade Street Art, (a.k.a the art formerly known as graffiti) has developed not only to lose its stigma as mere vandalism, but to become a practice that has been celebrated the world over. Street artists such as Banksy have helped raise the stakes and with the advent of social media, we have

In the past decade Street Art, (a.k.a the art formerly known as graffiti) has developed not only to lose its stigma as mere vandalism, but to become a practice that has been celebrated the world over. Street artists such as Banksy have helped raise the stakes and with the advent of social media, we have […]

The Irresistible Magazine by Al Rifai is at the beginning of a new journey – one that will hopefully take us to some far away places as well as just around the corner.   You see, we’re looking for stories that are just simply too irresistible not to talk about. The Irresistible Magazine will be […]