01Workers at Baghdad Airport Road
02A bullet-ridden reminder of the conflict
03A workman crafts steel bars
04Construction site foreman Emad Najar
05Soil arrives for a beautification project
06Assan Alawi helps build new houses in the Amil district of Baghdad
07Estate Agent Rafid Abud Jabar
08Repair work to the Swords of Qadisiyah
09Workers at the Mansoor Media Hotel
10Iraqi MP Mayasoun Damlouji outside the Iraqiya List office
11The Abu Nawaz district on the Tigris
12Stockbrokers at the Iraq Stock Exchange
13New playground in Baghdad
14A waiter serves ice-cream
15Walid Sultani, Saif Samir and Hassenin Asad at their men's clothing shop
16Mohammed Ali works on his store
17A book sale on Muntanabi street
18General Mustafa Kamil commands the Sahwa
19The Al Wards supermarket
20Music on the banks of the Tigris
21Then artist Qasim Sabti
22A jewellery store with its gold on display
Waking from the nightmare of war, occupation and civil unrest, Iraq has ambitious plans for the renovation and remodelling of its cities and infrastructure. The rebuiliding isn’t purely a physical process – a new mindset is also being developed.
Issue 55
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Issue 16
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Issue 15
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Issue 25
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Issue 55
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Issue 15
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Issue 43
The trouble with editing an issue featuring a design directory is that it immediately forces you to challenge and rethink most things in your daily routine, says Tyler Brûlé.
Issue 5
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Issue 49
What'll happen to our cities in the coming year. Japan wil have more trees, Mumbai will have more high-rises and Portugal will get its first "smart city".
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