Barbara Yakimchuk

Photo: ohlamour studio I don’t know whether it is simply my Instagram algorithm doing its thing or something genuinely happening around me, but recently, several people I follow have announced that they have skin cancer. In more than one case, they found it almost by accident — and were lucky enough to catch it very early. The obvious takeaway is also the scary one: get your skin checked. But beyond adding another appointment to your calendar, I had questions.

Whenever my husband and I are driving, we have a little game: I try to guess the make of the cars passing us. My brain point-blank refuses to remember most of them (what can I say, I am just a girl), so quite often I end up asking him, "What is that one?" And lately, his answer has been increasingly predictable: "Another Chinese car." Eventually, curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to Google what is actually happening with Chinese cars in the UAE. Fancy hearing the results?

ArtInterviewFashionPeople تبدو كل رحلة إبداعية، حين ننظر إليها بعد حين، كأنها جاءت مصادفة — لكنها نادرًا ما تكون كذلك. إذا أمعنّا النظر، سنجد غالبًا لحظات صغيرة تتراكم بهدوء، إلى أن نصل، من دون أن نكاد ننتبه، إلى المكان الذي كنا نتجه إليه منذ البداية. ذكرى من الطفولة. افتتان لا يفارقنا. سؤال يقود إلى آخر، إلى أن يتبيّن أن الإجابة كانت حياة بأكملها. حكاية نور حاج تسير على هذا النحو.