Sunday 21 August
It’s not over yet. After the rebels’ jubilation in Tripoli’s Green Square last night, Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fought back this morning – tanks emerged from Bab al-Aziziya, the regime’s main command centre, firing at rebels…
While its Middle Eastern neighbours have flashed the cash or succumbed to Islamist influences, Oman has chosen a quieter, more steady path. But if Oman is to increase its international brand, challenges will also need to…
The former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency has refused to sink quietly into retirement and is battling to bring democracy to his home country of Egypt.
Wednesday 22 August
The celebratory gunfire and Allahu Akhbars that accompanied the rebel advance into Tripoli on Sunday all but drowned out a subtler undertone to the long-awaited breakthrough: the sighs of relief at Nato headquarters.
Monday 9 July
Last month, I was standing in a queue at Beirut airport when I got chatting to an Egyptian couple who were in Lebanon for a long weekend to escape the stifling heat in Cairo.
Sunday 23 January
If Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak thought that his country was insulated from last week’s remarkable events in nearby Tunisia, a quick glance at Twitter would have set him straight.
‘Paris Match’ scores regular exclusives thanks to an army of reporters and photographers who mix celebrity with hard-edged news. Monocle meets the Paris-based team.
On edition 105 of the Monocle Weekly the team debate if broadcasters failed to prepare audiences for the recent Arab Spring uprisings.
We speak to the artistic community in Tunisia one year after the Arab Spring and Ben Page of Ipsos MORI talks numbers.
We hear about the the far right in Germany, learn of a political power struggle in Papua New Guinea, and reflect on the Arab Spring.
The latest on the Democrat convention, we look at the art of the Arab Spring, and ask why Lego’s sales are on the up.
Discussion of the eurozone’s future, why MI5 say the Arab Spring might be helpful for terrorists, and we inspect the current state of News International.
Why Zimbabwe wants to lock up those watching Arab Spring videos, the business in Miami, and we ask is French still a global language?
We review an Arab spring protest song, discuss a documentary about Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito and discuss the look at the International Criminal Court.
Today, the Bonn conference deciding Afghanistan’s future, Belgium’s new PM, Islamist politics post-Arab Spring, and a new car hire scheme.
Thursday 18 August
While the Arab Spring has garnered acres of news coverage since the start of the year, events in the Middle East’s most volatile and seemingly intractable conflict have gone all but unnoticed.
Fawaz Gerges analyses what the future holds for the Middle East two years after the Arab Spring. We also find out what determines your social standing and get an update on the troubled 787 Dreamliner.
Japan’ precautions against possible North Korean missiles, Mark Lynch discusses the Arab Spring, and we get the latest on luxury from Sagra Maceira de Rosen.
After the tragic events in Newtown we assess the latest from the US. Plus, two years after the Arab Spring we look at the state of Tunisia today, and learn why The Art Newspaper launching in China.
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