On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, the first shopping festival was launched in Daraa Province on Wednesday.

The festival, which was organized by the Syrian Trading, in cooperation with Daraa Chambers of Commerce and Industry, includes food products at competitive prices, as well as detergents and electrical houseware.

Director of Syrian Trading’s Daraa"...

Montblanc has celebrated the opening of two new boutiques in Chennai, this week, signalling strong confidence in the South Indian city's retail potential.

Unveiling the new Neo retail concept currently being rolled out worldwide, the new Montblanc boutiques in Palladium Mall and Express Avenue offer an immersive retail environment reflecting Montblanc's constant quest for purposeful and aesthetic innovations.

Visiting India for the opening, Montblanc chief executive officer, Nicolas Baretzki,"...

Dar Al Arkan, a leading real estate developer in Saudi Arabia, has announced the launch of its SR600-million ($160 million) Mirabilia upscale residential villas within the Shams Ar Riyadh development.

Strategically located on King Khalid Road, the SR10-billion ($2.6 billion) Shams Ar Riyadh is a premium development and is the first-of-its-kind in Saudi Arabia being designed as a world-class 'city within a city,' said the developer in a statement.

The fashionable five million sq m project"...

The Syrian city of Douma, recently liberated from terrorists by the Syrian Arab army, is currently hosting 'Ghouta shopping festival' With the participation of more than 40 local companies.

The festival aims to provide the citizens in Douma with all basic materials they need in cheaper prices than in the market. It also aims at activating the economic life in eastern Ghouta.

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Luxury e-retailer Farfetch launched in the Middle East last week with a little help from British-Moroccan model-of-the-moment Nora Attal.

The 18-year-old, who was first discovered in 2014, stars in a gorgeous photoshoot wearing pieces from the latest collections on sale on the platform. The colorful photographs are accompanied by a snappy, chatty interview with the young model.

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Calling someone a metal mouth may be a modern taunt, but the Mayans were inlaying teeth with jade nearly 2,000 years ago. Hippocrates and Aristotle wrote about dentistry circa 400BC, and the Etruscans (from what is now Tuscany and Umbria) tried to protect teeth for the afterlife with dental appliances, as part of their burial rituals. One Roman tomb showed evidence of teeth bound in place with gold wire, and there is a suggestion that even Cleopatra wore braces, while still alive.

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La Reina, an online fashion rental platform in Egypt, has raised $1 million from Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups in a Series A funding round led by the country’s largest venture capital fund Algebra Ventures, as well as global VC fund 500 Startups.

The concept is the first for rental designer clothes and accessories in Egypt, promoting sharing rather than owning. Founded in 2016 by Ghada El-Tanawy and Amr Diab, it allows women to rent their"...