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Oil painting

17 April 2008

Dubai and its neighbours have come to believe that even seven-star luxury and tax-free sunshine can seem stale without culture. Monocle visits Art Dubai to see who’s buying and ask if an oil state can reinvent itself as a…

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My last meal: Saad Mohseni

18 August 2011

Afghan media mogul Saad Mohseni shares his love of simple French food and intimate dining as he plans his hypothetical Last Meal.

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Designer plans

15 September 2016

Dubai wants to be known for more than its artificial islands and ‘megatall’ skyscrapers. We visit the city’s design district and meet the makers trying to turn it into a bastion of Middle Eastern craft and creativity.

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My last meal: Muna Abu Sulayman

17 March 2009

While in Dubai for the UAE’s first Arab Women Leadership Forum, 34-year-old TV-show host Muna Abu Sulayman met with Monocle for her ‘last meal’. The Saudi citizen chose Saladicious, a restaurant in the Jumeirah district.

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Reel Rebel

17 February 2007

For the past eight years, Assaad Taha’s company, Hot Spot, has been making films for the Al-Jazeera TV network. His mission? To uncover and objectively report injustices through Arab eyes, while staying firmly opposed “to…

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Aboard brand Italy

20 February 2014

The Italian fleet’s newest flagship, ‘Cavour’, is on an unusual mission. The privately funded aircraft carrier is travelling more than 34,000km to Africa and the Middle East to promote Italian industry and to show it comes…

Monocle Minute

Dubai’s creative approach

25 October 2016

When news first hit that Dubai wanted to build a design district, it was met with a few cocked eyebrows. But now the area is open for business and starting from yesterday plays host to the second edition of Dubai Design…

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Africa/Middle East Briefing

20 October 2011

In our View from Dubai column, we check the mood in the UAE. We also have reports on Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo's election.

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 88: Dubai World Trade Centre

8 January 2018

When one thinks of Dubai, one thinks of its grand gestures. Today we hear the story of one of its first skyscrapers, the Dubai World Trade Centre.

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Business Briefing

17 February 2007

Why Iceland could be the ultimate conference hub and the writing's on the wall for graffiti artists.

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Africa and Middle East briefing

19 March 2015

Behind the scenes ahead of a Sudan election that is far from just, plus Dubai's take on Venice

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Africa/Middle East briefing

13 August 2014

Lebanon struggles in a leaderless limbo, Congo ponders Brazzaville name change and Dubai sees a rise in residency visas.

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Picture perfect

17 November 2014

As the northern hemisphere braces itself for a chilly winter, much of the art world will be gathering in sunny Miami Beach for Art Basel’s annual Florida outing. Monocle takes an advance tour.

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Africa/Middle East Briefing

18 February 2010

We give Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni the once over for this issue's Style Leader, plus Uganda's police chief goes on a "fat attack".

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Bank of the Nile

17 August 2007

Sudan’s government is accused of aiding a genocide in Darfur and so the West refuses to do business with the regime. So how does this failed state cope? Well, for Khartoum the answer is with ease. With the help of Arab cash…

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Africa/Middle East briefing

17 September 2007

When Walid Ataya left Lebanon for Dubai after last summer’s war, he never imagined that a year later he would be back. “I was offered a salary three times more than I was making in Beirut,” he says. “The decision to go was…

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