The future of farming in the UAE
It’s amazing how the UAE’s home-grown produce has become so diversified. Over the years, farms have been modernised and new crops introduced. The supermarket aisles we browse in the UAE vividly illust...
11 Elo 202225min
Future-proofing our cities against record-breaking temperatures
This summer is breaking temperature records like never before. The rising mercury is a reminder of the impact of climate change. Unless drastic action is taken, the temperatures seen in recent weeks w...
4 Elo 202221min
Lebanon’s silent crisis
For nearly three years, Lebanon has been steadily collapsing under the weight of a financial crisis that is one of the worst in the modern world. But what is life like for those who have to live throu...
29 Heinä 202220min
Tunisia’s contested referendum
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...
22 Heinä 202222min
How will President Biden’s visit to the Middle East be remembered?
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 after ISIS, when will Mosul be rebuilt?
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
What is the future of Nato?
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...
1 Heinä 202215min
How to live longer
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
