Features

My, how you've grown

Shakira was the first ever NOX cover star, and we’re happy to report that three years on she’s hotter than ever. Much like ourselves – or so to speak

Together alone

Hanna Gargour continues to dominate the Jordanian music scene. But, as he explains, he doesn’t mind crossing the fine line between selling and selling out

Top 10 speeches that shaped the Arab world

For some reason empty rhetoric seems to be really effective in influencing Arab people, these are the mot memorable Arab public addresses

Death at 30 Cents

Oblivion comes cheap in the crumbling ruins of the old Soviet Cultural Centre in Kabul, home to thousands of addicts caught up in Afghanistan’s drug trade

The answer’s yas

The inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is less than a month away, and one NOX writer got his own ride around the Yas Island circuit. In a mini bus, sadly

How to miss a day of work

This is what happens when every employee in your company wants to get a day off at the same date

Stone Temple Pirates

LA rockers Avowed sailed into town in July joining homeboy frontman Emad Alaeddin for a headline gig, a lot of sightseeing and some mansaf

Pulp friction

The peerless Tarantino is back in the cinemas with Inglourious Basterds, a ruthlessly graphic fantasy that of WWII

Saif and sound

The rise of the football agent has been one of the by-products of the Premiership era. But there’s more to it than signing boot deals – as one Iraqi knows all too well

Kicking off

He might have been a good Jordanian kid from a good family, but a boarding school in London simply put that much closer to Chelsea FC