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Frozen assets

17 January 2009

Only a year ago, savers from Europe were pouring money into Icelandic banks, looking to capitalise on high interest rates. Now the banks are bust and the nation’s identity is shaken. On page 19 Monocle travels to Reykjavik…

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Faith healer

20 October 2014

Toronto’s newest cultural landmark is the Aga Khan Museum, dedicated to collecting art and artefacts from throughout the Islamic world. A serene and inclusive site, it aims to educate and unite visitors of all faiths.

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Material world

21 September 2017

A firm in a small Dutch town is dressing the women of west Africa – and business is better than ever.

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Expo 40: Iran comes out to play

20 January 2011

it was the former shah’s haven of hedonism and now the island of kish is being rediscovered as a place where the islamic republic can let its hair down (well, almost). A relatively liberal atmosphere, growing investment…

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Defence briefing

19 March 2015

Russia makes military moves on the Arctic and we meet the Islamic adviser to the UK Ministry of Defence.

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Africa/Middle East Briefing

17 March 2007

How Islam helped US capitalism in Somalia and why women in Saudi buy cars they can't drive.

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The lines are open

19 April 2012

Veteran journalist Menashe Amir broadcasts in Farsi from Israel to millions of Iranians. His weekly radio call-in show on Israel Radio International is a way for people in the Islamic Republic to air their views.

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Americas Briefing

21 October 2010

Monocle speaks to Haitian presidential candidate Leslie Voltaire and gets news from the Andes. Plus Sasha Issenberg's View from Washington.

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Briefing culture

17 August 2007

Offbeat literary recommendations; *Monocle* music for September; rocking' in Iran and T-shirt devotees get their own glossy title.

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The Menu - Anissa Helou

13 July 2018

World-renowned writer and chef Anissa Helou’s look into the food culture of the Islamic world, how Brazilian acai berries became a global nutrient phenomenon, plus a little-known wine region in Portugal that deserves more…

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El Korba, Heliopolis

17 March 2009

The best quality of life in Cairo is not to be found in its glitzy but homogeneous satellite towns but in the old-fashioned charm of El Korba. Founded early last century by a Belgian baron, it combines Islamic and Art-Deco…

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Let's talk about this

18 November 2010

How do you persuade a Somali pirate to release his hostages or rebel kidnappers to let their abductees go? We meet the negotiators out to fix the world in 2011.

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 817

15 January 2015

With the White House steering clear of the term 'Islamic extremists', Martin Plaut and Samira Shackle discuss the importance of words in battling terror. Also: Fernando Augusto Pacheco flicks through the news weeklies in…

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The Globalist, episode 522

29 October 2013

As the World Islamic Economic Forum begins in London we'll find out why the Malaysians are investing billions in London. We'll head to Istanbul to find out about a reinvented 21st-century silk road trade route and we get…

Monocle Minute

Fun of the fair

15 October 2015

The industry-only first day of the Frankfurt Book Fair has wrapped after a packed opener of publishing pow-wows. More than 7,000 exhibitors have settled into the long corridors until Sunday, with guest of honour Indonesia…

Monocle Minute

Literary lift

31 May 2016

Iran is looking to come in from the economic cold and join the World Trade Organisation. Yet there are still many nuances of its long isolation to contend with and in terms of WTO membership the most pressing is a general…

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