GQ Middle East

1 day ago | gqmiddleeast.com | Frazier Tharpe

And with Mike, it's some Mike in his Oscar performance [from Coogler's debut film Fruitvale Station], some Mike in Adonis [from Creed], it's some Mike in [Black Panther's] Killmonger, but he's very far from those guys. Man, Mike's very funny and mercurial and energetic. So the Stack performance is more who Mike is, all of a sudden, than any of his other characters. And to be honest with you, crazy enough, me knowing Mike, I was actually more disturbed by his Smoke performance. Yeah.

1 week ago | gqmiddleeast.com | Zinya Salfiti

They are eyes I’ve seen countless times. Rounded brown eyes I searched for on my Instagram feed every morning for the first 45 days after Israel began its bombardment on Gaza. I’d wake up and scroll, desperately wishing to see them, checking the timestamp of the latest video to clock if it was posted recently enough – to make sure those eyes were still alive. But when the Zoom call connects from Dubai, it’s not those eyes that consume my thoughts. It’s her voice.

1 week ago | gqmiddleeast.com | Adam Cheung

MM6 Maison Margiela and Salomon have been collabing for a little under three years now. Sure, that doesn't seem like a long time in the grand scheme of things (Michael Jordan and Nike are celebrating their 40th anniversary right now – not that it's a competition), but they've dropped some straight-up bangers along the way. You know, like the upcoming spring/summer 2025 collection that's basically full of elite running shoes made for elite fashion guys.

1 week ago | gqmiddleeast.com | Reed Nelson

Nominally speaking, A$AP Rocky is a musician. These days, though, the righteous Harlem MC is the rare multi-hyphenate actually worthy of the label. His prolific, industry-spanning output boils down to one key differentiator: elite taste, which he harnesses to make music, design clothing, and, most recently, reimagine Ray-Ban's sunglasses as the brand's newly-minted creative director.

1 week ago | gqmiddleeast.com | Samuel Hine

Anyone who ever exchanged a FaceTime, DM, or WhatsApp message with Virgil Abloh knows Athi. That would be Athiththan Selvendran, Abloh’s first employee and dedicated right hand for over five years. No job title could capture just how critical Selvendran was to Abloh’s intensely prolific creative operation, which transcended time zones and spanned fashion, art, architecture, design, and music.