Zinya Salfiti

Sep 5, 2024 | gq-magazine.co.uk | Zinya Salfiti

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Buying a mattress is a nightmare. Scouring the internet, scrolling endlessly… the options are overwhelming. Sometimes, each mattress seems so different from the next. Others, it's hard to tell them apart. And the specifications? Don’t get me started. I don’t know what I want, let alone what I need. So yes, when I call mattress shopping a nightmare, I absolutely mean it.

Jun 28, 2024 | gq.com | Zinya Salfiti

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef’s walk-on song is Billy Joel’s harrowing pop-rock anthem “Pressure.” The last 24 seconds of that song, to be precise. I know this because I'm watching him shout instructions over thousands of empty seats to the venue’s technician, trying to perfect the timing of his entrance. But a frustrating Spotify setting keeps crossfading the outro into the next track, and it’s ruining Youssef's dramatic entrance. Youssef paces from one end of the stage to another.

Jun 26, 2024 | gq-magazine.co.uk | Zinya Salfiti

Paul Forman is a big Bad Bunny fan (just like everyone else). Phoning in from his hotel room in Paris the morning after the Vogue World: Paris show, the actor is soaking up the afternoon. “I'm good — recovering slowly,” he says. Fashion week fatigue or too much partying? “A little bit of both,” he laughs. “The afterparty went on last night, it was good.” And as for the show itself: “Mindblowing.” His highlight was Bad Bunny serenading a crowd of football players on the runway.

Feb 9, 2024 | gq.com | Zinya Salfiti

You wake up sluggish and roll up your blackout blinds every so slightly. That headache creeps in slowly, then starts blaring all at once. You start regretting your choices. That’s when the hangxiety sinks in. You question, was it all even worth it? Does it always have to be this way? If, like me, you’ve spent a portion of a Saturday morning frantically scouring the internet for a "hangover cure" or related terms, you’ve probably seen a handful of magic hangover pills popping up in the market.

Feb 6, 2024 | gq-magazine.co.uk | Zinya Salfiti

You know it from the opening: the synthetic drum kick and guitar melody that build toward the euphoric chorus, inviting you to ‘feel the rain on your skin’. It's cheesy, earnest pop music at it's nostalgia-baiting best; one of those songs that could make a trip to the dental hygienist feel like a romantic comedy montage.