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Escape Artist Editor-in-Chief Isha Sesay holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and has collaborated with renowned publications such as National Geographic, Architectural Digest, and several national newspapers. Born in London, she has spent the past decade living and working across the globe, and now calls Barcelona, Spain, home.

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Digital Nomad Visas Compared: What Eight Countries Actually Offer in 2026

There are two questions worth asking about a digital nomad visa. The first is whether you earn enough to get one. Every guide answers that. The second is whether the…
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Moving to Turkey: What It Asks Before It Lets You Stay

Most countries are sold to prospective residents on a single number. A visa threshold, a monthly budget, a property price. The number does the persuading, and everything that surrounds it,…
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  • Zanzibar

Why Kendwa Is Becoming Zanzibar’s Most Desirable Address

Kendwa has spent years being known primarily for its beach, which is understandable when the beach in question is one of the best in Zanzibar. The sand is extraordinarily soft,…
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How Chair the Love Is Changing Lives, One Wheelchair at a Time

Augie Byllott, Chairman of the Board of Chair the Love, didn’t want to talk about wheelchairs. That was the first thing he corrected, gently, before we’d even properly started. Chair the Love…
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  • Citizenship by Investment

What a Second Passport Actually Buys You

Most people who eventually look into citizenship by investment are not trying to leave anywhere. They are trying to stop being entirely dependent on one government’s decisions about their taxes,…
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Presidents’ Week 2026: Celebrating 30 Years of Global Wealth Strategy

Now in its 30th year, Presidents’ Week 2026 brings together an extraordinary group of internationally minded investors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who refuse to stand still in an unpredictable world. It’s…
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Could You Retire Five Years Earlier If You Moved to the Right Country?

There is a number that lives in the back of most people’s minds. The number in the savings account that represents the point at which work becomes optional. For most…
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Why Serious Investors Are Looking at Zanzibar’s North Coast

There are very few moments in any emerging market when the timing, the product, the team, and the price point all align in the same place at the same time,…
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The Countries Where People Actually Live Longer, and Why It’s Not What You Think

For most of the past two decades, the story of long life has been told through a handful of postcard villages. A grandmother tending olive trees in Sardinia. A fisherman…
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The Great American Exit: Inside the Biggest Emigration Wave in Decades

Checked and current, 10 September 2026. One claim below needs a source attached to it before anyone repeats it. The claim that the US passport fell from first place in…
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