Tunisians numb to the horror of public self-immolation
It was beyond our capacity of understanding ten years ago when a young man in Tunisia decided to take his own life by setting himself on fire. This act was enough to start large-scale protests in what...
4 Maalis 202115min
Why have Indian farmers been protesting for months?
On February 21 about 120,000 Indian farmers gathered at a grain market in Punjab to protest against the government. The crowds of men and women arrived early, making their way to the market in tractor...
25 Helmi 202117min
How the UAE moved an entire coral reef
At the beginning of 2020 the UAE faced a conundrum. Abu Dhabi Ports was seeking to boost its cargo-handling capacity, which meant more construction above and below water. A new project with Etihad Rai...
18 Helmi 202119min
How UAE’s Hope probe made history
On February 9, 2021, after seven months in space and six years since the mission's inception, a room full of Emirati engineers watched anxiously as their attempt to put a satellite into orbit around M...
10 Helmi 202114min
How the repeal of the “Muslim Ban” will affect Muslim refugees
During his 2015 presidential primary race, a day after the San Bernadino shootings in which a married Islamist couple shot and killed 14 people, Donald Trump said he wanted “a total and complete shutd...
4 Helmi 202114min
Can Lebanon survive the coronavirus pandemic?
In December 2019, two months after the start of the popular protests across Lebanon, Human Rights Watch warned of an impending health crisis in the country. The government was failing to fund publi...
28 Tammi 202115min
Biden inauguration - The unprecedented presidential handover
On 20 January, 2021, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. President Biden has come into power breaking records and making history. He received more votes than any othe...
21 Tammi 202118min
Egypt’s #MeToo movement and how it is changing the country
In December 2011 in Cairo, during a protest in Tahrir Square, a woman was captured on video being dragged along the ground. During the attack, her abaya, the name for the long, loose cloak worn by wom...
17 Tammi 202121min
