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 Jun 202219min
How rising prices in the Middle East are pushing people into poverty
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...
17 Jun 202214min
When and how can America stop the mass shootings?
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 Jun 202221min
What can be done to stop the tide of dust storms?
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 ...
2 Jun 202218min
Davos 2022 biggest takeaways
The Berlin Wall fell more than three decades ago, precipitating a generational collapse of political and economic boundaries in Europe. Now, in 2022, conflict and confusion is on the continent's doors...
26 Mai 202222min
Will the Lebanese election be a turning point?
People across Lebanon cast their votes last Sunday in an election that was meant to be different. So much has happened since the last poll, in 2018, when familiar faces were elected from parties larg...
20 Mai 202221min
Sheikh Khalifa’s legacy
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed died on May 13, 2022, at the age of 73. He was born in September 1948, before the UAE existed as a single nation and before the discovery of oil in the Emirates. In ...
14 Mai 202212min
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over?
On May 16, the European Union will no longer require people to wear masks on planes. Many countries around the world have already started to relax Covid-19 restrictions. And some, like Greece, New Zea...
13 Mai 202224min
