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Japan – building for the future
Two months after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the Tohoku region of Japan, the nation is beginning to pick up the pieces. Looking to the future are a number of architects and…
Doha
As a wave of uprisings and revolutions have swept across North Africa and the Middle East, one news channel has been at the heart of the action. From Egypt to Libya, Al Jazeera’s reporting…
Social marketing – Afghanistan
Monocle reports from Kabul on how social media is proving a lucrative market for daring media companies.
Beirut Reconstruction
Monocle explores how Beirut's redevelopment has become a threat to the city's historic streets and neighbourhoods.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
For the first in a new series on outposts of opportunity, Monocle visits Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands - the British territory best known for sheep and its 1982 war with Argentina. Fuelled…
Baku
Baku’s skyline is marking out the Azerbaijani capital as a city for the 21st century, with its five-star hotels and Zaha Hadid-designed arts centre, but there’s still much work to do to combat its…
Expo: Washington DC
Washington DC is an international talent magnet, pulling in people from around the world to advance agendas for their home territories. With a milieu that’s about as multicultural as it gets, the District of…
Maputo
Solid economic growth and foreign investment have transformed Mozambique’s fortunes since the end of the civil war in 1992, but the big challenges lie in tackling the poverty and corruption that continue to block…
Prinzessinnengarten
Urban gardening: We spend a day on the farm in deepest Berlin to find out how urban agriculture is taking root in the German capital.
Alexandria, Egypt
Egypt, a country whose ancient history is a constant, unmissable presence, is well used to the idea that things aren't what they used to be. Andrew Mueller travelled to the once cosmopolitan port of…
