Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Saturday 26 February
Maghreb focus: A dispatch from Tripoli
In the days following the start of the Libyan uprising, violence has stalked the streets of Tripoli.
- 58 results for uprising
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 22 August
Libya – Tripoli’s fall bolsters Syrian rebels
There was no coverage of Libya’s rebel forces taking over great parts of Tripoli in the Monday edition of Syria’s Tishreen, the national daily.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 105
On edition 105 of the Monocle Weekly the team debate if broadcasters failed to prepare audiences for the recent Arab Spring uprisings.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 6 February
Canada’s unwanted house guest
All eyes may be on the Egyptian chapter of North Africa’s uprisings but in Canada much of the focus remains on Tunisia’s fallen regime.
Midori House, episode 91
We assess the possibility of an uprising in Saudi Arabia, discuss Lebanon’s erotic art, and check out the BFI’s new focus on Danish cinema.
The Globalist, episode 325
Tyler Brûlé discusses Egypt two years after the Tahrir Square uprisings, we look at the Czech elections, and visit the international restaurant quarter in Seoul.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 25 September
Chávez, the tweeting president
Celebrities have used it to gossip, activists have used it to inform of uprisings, but only Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has used Twitter to govern.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Wednesday 20 July
'Carmaggedon' could help Angelenos finally embrace public transport
While Congress continues to argue over how to balance the nation’s budget and other areas of the globe fight phone-hacking scandals and civilian uprisings, it may be surprising that the front page of one of the US’s most…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 February
Maghreb focus: Italy’s interests in Libya
Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody crackdown against protesters challenging his 42-year rule has received sharp rebuke from world leaders.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Sunday 23 January
Could the Jasmine Revolution spread to Egypt?
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.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 March
Maghreb focus: T-shirts and tat mark Egypt’s revolution
Egypt’s pro-democracy revolt may have been buried on the wrong side of the Great Chinese Firewall
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 30 August
Why Algeria welcomed its unpopular visitors
What do you do when an unpopular dictator comes a-knocking? With next-door-neighbour Algeria the only country in the Maghreb yet to recognise the authority of Libya’s Transitional National Council (TNC), it really was the…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 March
The Touareg forced to fight for Gaddafi
If Gaddafi goes, then the Touareg will be in great danger
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 23 July
Retirement for dictators isn’t easy
In the Monocle Guide to Being a Dictator the final chapter is devoted to the one thing that all autocrats would rather not think about but most will have to one day face: what to do when the game is up.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Tuesday 13 September
UN Palestine vote – Creating a state of discontent
It should be a moment of celebration.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 April
That Friday feeling
A popular joke going around in Arab countries goes like this. A genie comes out of his bottle and asks the head of government (usually going through a rough patch) to make a wish. The politician pauses to think a second,…
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Monday 7 March
Tibet's big shut-down
The Tibetan Autonomous Region is currently closed to foreign travellers, and will remain so for the next four weeks.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 6 May
A ticking time bomb
The atrocities in Syria might soon provoke the US into supplying arms to its rebel fighters but the same tactic in 1980s Afghanistan meant arms recipients soon turned against the hand that feeds.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 15 February
Unexpected item in bagging area
A design hotel in Davos recently claimed to have the world’s first fully automated check in, seemingly with some pride.