278 results for Dubai

19 May 2022

A US boat-repair co-operative on the crest of a wave and the case for making luggage in India.

21 April 2022

Newspapers have survived – even in print. But is their future now dependent on word games and dating connections as much as delivering news? And should we even care about where our information comes from? Monocle’s panel…

24 March 2022

How European airspace – and beyond – has been affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

24 February 2022

To mark Monocle’s 15th anniversary we’ve asked 14 faithful photographers in seven key cities to shoot a portrait of one another and share their insights on the importance of visual storytelling, being present and the craft…

24 February 2022

From our very first issue, Monocle has cast an informed and clear-sighted eye over the issues and people that matter. We follow up on the stories we started telling in 2007 to find out how they have developed in the tumu…

24 February 2022

Sanctions (and more sanctions), tanks and big trouble in little Nicaragua.

27 January 2022

At a time when it isn’t always easy to see the funny side, comedians from Denmark to Dubai are providing a vital service by keeping us smiling – while making the powerful nervous. We hail these satirists, cartoonists and…

18 November 2021

As the world starts to find its rhythm once again, we asked five writers to take the pulse of their fields of expertise. Here are their musings on how the Taiwanese take it all in their stride, why fashion nostalgia’s not…

2 November 2021

Ten years after the death of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya faces numerous challenges – not to mention military standoffs – in its bid to become the Dubai of north Africa. Yet as Mary Fitzgerald, Monocle’s correspondent in the…

2 November 2021

Army boy bands and musical car horns in India. Plus: Emile Mosseri on his new album and favourite Christmas tunes.

21 October 2021

When talking about building a better future, concrete is often maligned as an out-of-date material that is bad for the environment. But is it as simple as that? We recast the debate.

21 October 2021

How to make a design district, architecture for bees and the On Design column.

21 October 2021

Pop great Amr Diab’s value for Egypt’s soft power and the benefits of boring politicians.

21 October 2021

Snakes on a plane, robotic delivery drivers and feng shui failures.