On craft, heritage, and the culture of objects that endure.
Abdul has been carving marble since he was eleven. His father carved before him. His grandfather before that. We spent a day watching his hands.
The majlis is not a living room. It is where the family meets the world. What you place in it communicates everything about who you are — before a single word is spoken.
The dhow is not a boat. It is a argument — made in wood and sail — about who the Gulf is, where it came from, and what it built. No object carries more meaning in this part of the world.
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