Who will help the abandoned Ethiopian workers in Lebanon?

For more than a decade, Tunisia was seen as the poster child for democratic transition after the Arab Uprisings of 2011. By 2014 the country had had two free and fair elections and ratified a new cons...

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Joe Biden has made his first visit to the Middle East as US president. He might be no stranger to the region, having visited dozens of times as vice president and senator for Delaware, but this is the...

15 Heinä 202224min

Five years have passed since Iraq liberated Mosul from ISIS in a bloody, street to street battle that left 11,000 civilians dead and much of the northern city in ruins.  Millions fled the brutal three...

8 Heinä 202221min

On June 29, world leaders gathered in Madrid to discuss the future direction of the The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.    On this week’s Beyond the Headlines, host Mina Aldroubi speaks to Michael...

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Steve Jobs once said: "The most precious resource we all have is time."  For most of history, the average human life expectancy has been about around 70 years. Although average life expectancy has bee...

22 Kesä 202219min

When you hear of Arab cuisine, what imagery does it conjure up? Hummus, bulgur wheat, meat, chicken and spices like sumac, cumin and cinnamon. Lavish dinner parties with popular dishes like Egyptian k...

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On 14 May, a white gunman in body armour killed 10 black shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Ten days later, an attacker shot dead 19 students and their two teachers in their c...

10 Kesä 202221min

The sky turns orange as a huge cloud of dust rolls toward you. Your vision is impaired and your chest feels tight as you struggle to draw breath.  You grab a scarf and wrap it around your face as you ...

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