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Nicola Chilton

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  • None, FREELANCE (CONDE NAST TRAVELER)
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I'm a Dubai-based writer and a Contributing Editor at Condé Nast Traveller Middle East. I also regularly write about people and places for global titles including Afar, British Airways High Life, Centurion, Condé Nast Traveller (UK and US), Departures, Four Seasons Magazine, Hadara, Sleeper, TIME, The Times, Wallpaper* and more.

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Ask a Local: Exploring Johannesburg's Creative Scene With Architect Sumayya Vally

Ask a Local: Exploring Johannesburg's Creative Scene With Architect Sumayya Vally

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Inside the leather workshops of Andalucía

Inside the leather workshops of Andalucía

With a history dating back almost 1,000 years, leatherwork remains at the heart of Andalucían life - thanks t…

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In Cairo, the Gems of the Past Are Polished for the Future

In Cairo, the Gems of the Past Are Polished for the Future

Perhaps now more than ever, a visitor to Cairo, Egypt, experiences the metropolis through its layers of histo…

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Best Restaurants in Athens, Greece

Best Restaurants in Athens, Greece

By returning to the roots of Greek cuisine, Athens's chefs are reaching new culinary heights in the capital c…

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The Rise and Rise of Dubai Chocolate

The Rise and Rise of Dubai Chocolate

Its global ascent has been stratospheric and its origin story is the stuff of a local legend. Has the Dubai C…

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Surviving the Sands

Surviving the Sands

The desert, seemingly barren and unforgiving, has long beguiled our correspondent. She returns to Mleiha to u…

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Glamping among 130,000 years of history in Sharjah's Mleiha desert

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By Nicola Chilton
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There’s something special about Mleiha, a distinct energy that’s impossible to ignore. I feel it as I lie in my tent at Mleiha Glamping, looking out through zip-up doors that frame a layered landscape of soft desert sand, spiny acacia bushes and the rocky surface of Jebel Faya. Located roughly halfway between the UAE’s two coasts, this unassuming spot in the Sharjah desert has been criss-crossed by travellers and traders for millennia.
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The best Middle Eastern cookbooks to add to your kitchen shelf

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By Nicola Chilton
| Condé Nast Traveller (Middle East) Verified
The best cookbooks do far more than tell you what to make for dinner. They transport, educate, and reshape the way you understand a place through its ingredients, rituals and stories. Middle Eastern cooking, in particular, carries centuries of migration, trade, family tradition and regional nuance that rarely fit into a single dish.
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On the island of Djerba, street art becomes a catalyst for social change

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By Nicola Chilton
| Condé Nast Traveller (Middle East) Verified
Wander the streets of the 2,000-year-old village of Erriadh on the Tunisian island of Djerba and you might catch a glimpse of a man’s face chiselled into the facade of a house, his eyes both watchful and reflective. Elsewhere, you may spot groups of tourists posing for photos in front of swirling Arabic calligraphy; a domed roof transformed into the body of an octopus, its tentacles spreading out over the building beneath; or a little mosaic of a space invader perched on the edge of a rooftop.
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