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Expo 10: Istanbul to Van
Monocle boards the TransAsya Express, travelling from Istanbul as far as Van in Turkey's Kurdish east. This is the story of the people we met and the fascination that unites them: life in the…
Africa/Middle East
Quick quiz question. Which part of France has the highest birth rate? Paris? Bordeaux? Marseille? The answer lies further south. Some 5,000 miles further south.
State of despair
In Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, life expectancy has plummeted to 34 for women. With rampant inflation, critical shortages of food and fuel, and endemic corruption, the nation faces a desperate future ahead of planned elections.
Observation
How often do you plot what your perfect day would look and feel like, or think about what would improve the way you cross towns, country and continents? I do it all the time.
Africa/Middle East
Borrowed tiaras and Lebanese couture: we decipher the dress code of Queen Rania, plus why Africa wants to teach the French president a lesson.
Africa/Middle East
Walid Ataya left Lebanon for a lucrative job in Dubai but returned a year later. After housing and school fees, the lawyer had less disposable income than he had in Beirut.
The big thaw
Monocle travels to Greenland, where melting ice threatens Inuit life but also reveals a wealth of resources. The big thaw has begun, and with it, a scramble for oil and power.
Young rebels
Thirteen years after declaring independence from Georgia, the unrecognised state of Abkhazia and its de facto government are determined to put the region on the map, despite having only Russia as an ally.
