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Alina Akbar considers herself “a bit of an activist”. “I like to stay in tune with what’s happening in the world,” she says. The 24-year-old is a Manchester-based visual artist who uses multidisciplinary storytelling to explore aspects of South Asian, Muslim and working-class identity in the north of England. She’s committed to honouring the communities…

Kyiv’s hottest club does not exist: ∄, often referred to as Kyrylivska 41 (or K41) for its street address, is paradoxically both famous and nameless. Hosted in a massive former brewery in the industrial Podil district, ∄ – the only dedicated queer club in the capital – has become the heart of the local techno…

Materialists, the latest film from acclaimed writer-director Celine Song, centres around ambitious, young matchmaker Lucy (Dakota Johnson) as she finds herself caught in a love triangle between Harry (Pedro Pascal) and her ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans). It’s clear John and Lucy have a deep, undeniable connection, but here’s the rub: he is a struggling actor…

As if 2025 didn’t feel dystopian enough already, now your favourite artists are turning on one another. Last month Tyler, The Creator unfollowed Frank Ocean on Instagram, Nicki Minaj and SZA are publicly feuding, and now there’s trouble in Laurel Canyon, too.  Lana Del Rey seems to be releasing a diss track aimed at Ethel…

This article is taken from issue 02 of Dazed MENA: In 2017, Mashrou’ Leila performed one of the best shows it has ever played before an audience of 35,000 people. It was a September night, and the air in Cairo smelled of hope. Hamed Sinno, lead singer, recalls what made this concert special: the audience was…

The last few months have seen a host of new “slurs” for AI-powered chatbots, and their most loyal users, proliferate across the internet. Whether you agree with them or not, these words (“clanker” being the most common) clearly demonstrate the scale of the backlash to artificial intelligence. But what about the other end of the…

Francesca Lake’s clothes exist along a fashion fault line, between two points of seeming contradiction. Her designs are brazenly maximalist and theatrical – voluminous bubble skirts, ruched ball gowns and dramatic headdresses have been some of Lake’s go-tos since her Central Saint Martins graduate collection in 2021. But, on the other end of the spectrum,…

The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from across the world who are redefining the way we think about beauty. Discover them here. Olly Yip’s designs are intricate, experimental and bursting with colour. Think extraterrestrial orbs, thinly veined eyeshadow in dusty violets, flashes of blue lips, and dark,hellip; read more…

For a teenager, a bedroom is a sanctuary – a place to experiment, to try on different identities until one finally fits. It was this idea of a self-contained world that inspired Adrienne Salinger’s Teenagers in Their Bedrooms, first published in 1995 as In My Room and shot in the late 80s and early 90s….

One of Netflix’s most-watched series of all time, Tim Burton’s Wednesday has finally returned for its highly anticipated season two. Along with new cast members including Lady Gaga, Billy Piper and Joanna Lumley, the show’s second season has also delivered a heavy helping of fashion moments courtesy of Jenna Ortega’s stylist, Enriquehellip; read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View…