December, 2006
Visions of Cairo
The contemporary art scene in Cairo is electric—wired for multimedia, wide awake to questions of Arab identity and political opinion, attracting the interest and money of international collectors, and, casting new light on an ancient city

November, 2006
Going My Way?
Practicing the odd, misleading, and almost always imprecise art of giving— and receiving— directions.

September, 2006
See the Future in Dubai
Amid Dubai's towering, half-built skyscrapers and profoundly ambitious man-made island developments and over-the-top luxury resort hotels, Amy Wilentz encounters all the contradictions of the postmodern Middle East.

April, 2006
A Different Denmark
The utopian community of Copenhagen's Christiania and the aristocratic world of Valdemars Slot represent cultural fringes of Danish society. But as Kurt Andersen observes, these high/low extremes have much in common.

April, 2006
Culture Clash
All across Europe, the controversial construction of new mosques is raising questions about aesthetics and assimilation, faith and tolerance—and liberal democracy itself. MICHAEL Z. WISE reports.

July, 2005
Iran
For reasons political, cultural, and geographic, this country remains intriguingly mysterious. But its rich and lively history lives on in the ruined palaces of Persepolis, in the gardens of Esfahan, and in the bazaars of Tehran.

June, 2005
Notes from Underground
At the Cellar Bar of East Jerusalem's American Colony Hotel, reporters, spies, NGO workers, and those drawn to the lure of history meet for drinks.

March, 2005
Making the Scene
At Tokyo's SuperDeluxe, a collective of creative types serves up hip-hop, experimental art, homemade brew, and more.

December, 2004
West Meets East
For centuries Venice has embraced Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, secular and sacred. That history, says Pankaj Mishra, now offers an important lesson for our own interconnected—yet increasingly polarized—world