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The tiled wall and the brass light fixtures add an exotic note to this quietly daring kitchen. If pressed to characterize it, I'd go with 'middle-eastern meets modern'—a description that echoes the transformative events unfolding half a world away. Let's hope for as peaceful a resolution to those scenarios as is found in this open, bright and forward-looking design.