Saturday 27 November
Times are tough for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s leading organised opposition movement and progenitor of several powerful Islamist groups across the Middle East.
Only a year ago, savers from Europe were pouring money into Icelandic banks, looking to capitalise on high interest rates. Now the banks are bust and the nation’s identity is shaken. On page 19 Monocle travels to Reykjavik…
Wednesday 3 August
Tehran’s chief of police, Hossein Sajednia, boasted on Sunday that the rule breakers had been identified and would be punished for actions that both “opposed Islamic values” and disrupted “social order”.
It is a tiny Muslim nation in one of the world’s most politically hostile regions. But Djibouti is also in the perfect position to keep tabs on Islamist militants. That’s why the US army is here and, thanks to a hearts- and…
Tuesday 9 March
The infamous minaret ban in Switzerland, the result of a nationwide vote last autumn, continues to cause international confusion and indignation.
How Islam helped US capitalism in Somalia and why women in Saudi buy cars they can't drive.
Tyler Brûlé on London’s Palestine Film Festival, author Tom Holland discusses Islam’s effect on ancient Rome and we learn what makes a good diplomat.
We analyse Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s upcoming trial in Libya, ask whether Australia’s resources are sustainable, and take a yodelling tour of the Austrian Alps.
it was the former shah’s haven of hedonism and now the island of kish is being rediscovered as a place where the islamic republic can let its hair down (well, almost). A relatively liberal atmosphere, growing investment…
Friday 10 September
Dawn will break on Saturday in New York, and if September 11, 2010 is a nice day – clear, crisp air, few clouds, cerulean sky – everyone will note that September 11, 2001 began in exactly the same way.
Monday 5 September
When Pakistan allied itself with America after 9/11, the country was rejuvenated.
Tuesday 25 January
Iranian authorities are waging a war on love. Earlier this month their targets were heart-emblazoned materials promoting Valentine’s Day, a holiday increasingly popular among young Iranians who yearn for some of the basic…
Tuesday 23 August
Sometimes the desperately unimaginative question is the right one to ask.
Monday 10 May
When publicity announced that the film Sex and the City 2 (to be released in the UK and the US later this month) would feature the cast of New York fashionistas frolicking in Abu Dhabi, the news was met in the Middle East…
Australia's new-generation mosque, and why Cuban doctors are being sent to the Solomon Islands.
Thursday 8 April
There are many things that have helped provoke the violent revolution in Kyrgyzstan this week: extreme poverty, financial crisis and possibly a nudge from Moscow, to name just a few.
Sunday 27 February
Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody crackdown against protesters challenging his 42-year rule has received sharp rebuke from world leaders.
Everyone, it seems. From the shopping aisles of one of Europe’s most respected grocery store chains to the meadows of piedmont to the Souk el Tayeb farmers’ market in Beirut, Farmers and their four-legged friends are the…
Wednesday 1 September
Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi’s visit to Rome this week has not been without controversy.
Wednesday 17 March
The excitement has been building over the last few weeks. Children from the two schools he attended in Jakarta have been learning American songs and traditional dances in the hope they will get to perform for him.
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