Iran's secret affair with Al Qaeda
On August 7, Habib Daoud, a Lebanese professor of history in Iran, was gunned down on a street in northern Tehran. Killed alongside him was his 27-year-old daughter Maryam. The assassin was riding a m...
26 Nov 202023min
Why are people fleeing Ethiopia's Tigray region?
In 2019, Abiy Ahmed was riding high. For a year he had been Ethiopia’s prime minister, having emerged from byzantine internal jockeying at a time of deep unease and anger. He had ushered in a series o...
19 Nov 202024min
The changes in the Middle East after Joe Biden takes office
For nearly four years, US President Donald Trump has torn up America’s foreign policy handbook. The implications, both at home and abroad, have been significant. Most recently, Trump’s administration ...
12 Nov 202023min
Why superstorms are the new normal
The Philippines is no stranger to storms. The country's group of islands weather around 20 storms and typhoons a year. But when news of supertyphoon Goni was announced, it took action, preparing itsel...
5 Nov 202017min
US election special: Who will be the next US President?
In this special edition of Beyond the Headlines, Michael Goldfarb, author, journalist and host of the FRDH podcast based in the UK, talks to Joyce Karam, The National's correspondent in Washington, an...
28 Okt 202023min
Arab Americans vote in divisive presidential election
Arab-Americans make up a tiny fraction of America’s 300 plus million people. But in three key swing states: Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania they are a significant enough voting block that th...
22 Okt 202017min
A year of revolution in Lebanon between fires, crisis and blast
The fires didn’t start the revolution, but you could say it was the kindling. The country suffers fires every year, but these were different. In this week's Beyond the Headlines, host James Haines-You...
15 Okt 202026min
The challenges of finding a Covid-19 vaccine
News update: Since publishing this podcast China announced on October 9 that it has joined Covax, the global scheme for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organisation. ...
8 Okt 202024min
