At least on Iran, Trump has clear message
US President Donald Trump's second United Nations General Assembly was, to say the least, uneven. It started off when he showed up late to his speech at the general debate, then 20 minutes late to th...
27 Sep 201820min
A summer of reform in the UAE
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, announced the Tomorrow 2021 plan this week. It includes 50 initiatives to spur growth in areas su...
19 Sep 201815min
The cultural importance of rebuilding Mosul; Child mortality rates in Afghanistan on the rise
Iraq needs two billion dollars to revive its cultural heritage and renovate areas destroyed by ISIS. But the country says it does not have the capacity to rebuild without support from the internationa...
12 Sep 201817min
Iraq's parliament starts off on wrong foot; the US-Palestine relationship
The first day of Iraq's new parliament was a chaotic one. Where does the new government go from here? Also, the US administration is proposing a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, but it's one...
5 Sep 201818min
How does Caspian Sea demarcation affect Iran?
The Caspian Sea is the biggest enclosed body of water on earth, but depending who you ask, it’s either the largest lake in the world or a small inland sea. Either way, it has been a source of conflic...
29 Aug 201819min
The view from Hajj; Rohingya refugee update
This week Beyond the Headlines hosts two interviews from two different corners of the Muslim world — celebration at Hajj, and an update on the ongoing Rohingya crisis. In Makkah, where over two mill...
22 Aug 201823min
Why the Strait of Hormuz is so important
Maritime oil trade from the Arabian Peninsula relies exclusively on two strategic chokepoints: The Strait of Hormuz, to the UAE’s north, and Bab Al Mandeb to the south. Despite efforts to diversify t...
15 Aug 201814min
The importance of the Bab Al Mandeb strait
The Bab-el-Mandeb strait is just 18 miles wide, but a large slice of global trade passes through its vital waters every day. To its north is a war zone in Yemen, and to its south sits Djibouti, a tiny...
8 Aug 201817min
