COVER
Why There's No Turning Back in the Middle East
The combination of youth and technology is driving a wave of change. Fingers crossed: it may turn out just fine
Rage, Rap and Revolution: Inside the Arab Youth Quake
A generation once dismissed as politically supine has toppled two dictators and shaken up regimes across the Middle East. Who are the Arab youth, and what do they want?
ESSAY
How Europe Can Help the Revolutions in the Middle East Succeed
All revolutions have their own distinct trajectories, and any attempt to locate what is happening in the Middle East within the framework of what has gone before will get us only so far
MOVIES
Enter the King
An audience with Colin Firth — actor, activist, chatterbox
GLOBAL ADVISER
Five Reasons to Visit Ilocos Norte (TIME Traveler)
Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur combine the cultural allure of old Manila with natural beauty
Holidays on Ice (The Great Outdoors)
New Zealand's glaciers offer top trekking
Plate of the Union (Amuse-Bouche)
On a single stretch of Kautilya Marg, in New Delhi's diplomatic zone, it's possible to travel the length of India with one's stomach
LETTERS
Opposites Attract (Inbox)
Egypt's Anger; Scandal in Italy; Connecting Chechnya