Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Wednesday 17 February
And the winner is…
The recent Academy Award nomination for Ajami marks the third time in as many years that Israel has scored an Oscar nod for best foreign language film.
Wednesday 17 February
The recent Academy Award nomination for Ajami marks the third time in as many years that Israel has scored an Oscar nod for best foreign language film.
Thursday 11 March
Brigitte Bardot is not a frequent lobbyist in the Israeli parliament, so her three consecutive letters to Knesset members, urging them to approve an all-out ban on the fur trade in Israel, seem to have left their mark.
Tuesday 19 October
The Interieur biennale, which opened in the sleepy Belgian town of Kortrijk at the weekend, is an insider favourite on the design fair circuit.
Saturday 20 March
The ancient Jewish leader Hillel once famously asked: “If not now, when?” More than 2,000 years later, a group of five young Israeli college students is embracing this maxim to help give a new – and decidedly risqué –…
We meet ambassador Ido Aharoni, the Consul General of Israel to New York, and bring you the latest from the diplomatic world.
Tuesday 30 November
The US’s stealthy new fighter plane, the F-35 Lightning II, was designed to electrify the defence world and put every US-friendly air force beyond their enemies’ reach for decades to come.
On our TV screens, conflict and bloodshed define Israel. But while these images are key to understanding the country, there are many other pictures we never see. In a personal essay, journalist Zed Nelson gives us his view…
Monday 29 October
It’s that time of year when cities around the world become draped in fake cobwebs and pretend they’re American.
Syrian first lady Adma Al-Assad's outfits; wine-tasting classes for poor South Africans.
While their politicians dither, Palestinians are developing a vibrant economy and creating a brand for their yet-to-be-created nation. Monocle meets the new generation of optimists.
Somaliland does democracy (while the rest of the world denies the country's existence), Yemen's president claims he's been a crime-fighting success (while his country goes into meltdown), and it's back to school in Gaza …
How Islam helped US capitalism in Somalia and why women in Saudi buy cars they can't drive.
Imagine trying to sell products to people who don’t watch TV and cannot use the internet. That’s the challenge for students studying at the Haredi Advertising Academy, which trains them in how to make advertisements aimed…
London's Oliver Spencer opens in Toronto, plus we have coats to protect you from spring showers and womenswear with a soft focus.
India's venture into olive-growing,frontiers funds, and the rise of sportswear brand Li Ning.
Extreme shopping in Japan's Don Quijote stores, and an innovative waste management system from Tel Aviv.
It’s twice as big in area as Tel Aviv but it has only 200,000 residents – and a reputation for being dusty and dreary. Be’er-Sheva’s mayor, however, plans to change that. But the makeover leaves little space for the local…
Wooden toys for the boys, skin treats and feel the Sap rising with some Scandinavian fizz.
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