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Future makers
Meet the entrepreneurs building a future for Egypt post-Mubarak. Each is attempting to turn crisis into opportunity and help spark a much-needed national economic recovery.
Hard-task masters
Monocle’s homage to city workers with the world's toughest tasks. From slum clearance in Mumbai to Cairo’s rubbish problem and Taipei’s animal shelter, we hear their creative solutions to the challenges.
Urbanism Forecast
Cairo's new satellite cities, the migration from Mumbai to Bandra, and Asia's frantic competition to build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Africa/Middle East
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan is this month's Style Leader, and we report on why London's iconic black cabs have started cropping up in Cairo.
El Korba, Heliopolis
Amid Cairo's glorious chaos, this Heliopolis suburb offers elegant arcades, bookshops and flower stalls — proof that the Egyptian capital's charms reward those who look closer.
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.
Abdel Zaher Binding
With over half a century of craftsmanship under his belt, Mohamed Abdel Zaher has transformed his family-run book-binding business into a modern enterprise, retaining all of its character and charm.
