Society
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Looking on the bright side
Despite the Iraq war’s legacy, the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah offers a beacon of optimism through its flourishing music, journalism, art, and television scenes, proving hope can be found in unexpected places.
Istanbul inspired
With the city’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics in full swing, the fabric of Istanbul is shaping up. We meet the cultural and commercial players flexing their muscles.
Bienvenue en Inde
Pondicherry, a corner of India home to 7,000 French expats, offers pétanque and pâtisseries. It's a microcosm of flourishing business ties between France and India, but is it ready for major economic growth?
Observation
For our editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé, a carefree springtime to-do list quickly turns into a recipe for how to fix some of society’s bigger challenges.
City of Mod
From murder capital to model metropolis: how Medellín's mayor is betting on cable cars, escalators and public architecture to transform forgotten slums and rewrite the city's violent reputation.
Desert Operation
Despite a dreary reputation, Be’er-Sheva’s mayor has ambitious plans for an urban makeover. But the project is transforming Israel's south, leaving little space for the local Bedouin population.
Not quite Finnish
Waves of 20th-century immigrants from Finland have made Thunder Bay the most Finnish city beyond the Baltic. Can the next generation hold on to the sauna spirit?
It’s all relative
A country of 7,000 islands and almost as many contradictions, the Philippines is living out its past and embracing its future through the trials of one powerful dynasty: the incomparable Marcos family.
Finns of Thunder Bay
Waves of immigrants from Finland have arrived on Canadian shores over the past century, making Thunder Bay the most Finnish city beyond the Baltic.
Boring is banished
The sterotypes no longer apply to Germany: both culturally and economically the country is home to fresh ideas and exciting developments. It’s time for the world, and Germans, to embrace a new future.
