Turkey's military offensive against Kurdish Syria, explained
Turkey launched this week a military offensive into Afrin, a heavily Kurdish enclave of Syria. Ankara is calling it an 'anti-terror campaign,' targeting the US-backed Kurdish group, the People’s Prote...
24 Jan 201823min
World Future Energy Summit rewards world's most energy conscious
Reporting from The World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, taking place during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, host Naser Al Wasmi talks to two Paraguayan girls who have been honoured for their conser...
17 Jan 201825min
Palestine-activist groups respond to being banned from Israel
This week, Israel banned twenty activist organisations over their support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement against Israel or BDS for short. The movement, whose co-founder we speak t...
10 Jan 201823min
Saudi Arabia and the Future of the Regional Order from emerge85
From our friends on the 85% podcast, we consider the changes unfolding in Saudi Arabia from a regional perspective. In conversation with emerge85 Lab editor-in-chief Joseph Dana, emerge85 co-director ...
5 Jan 201834min
Iran has a long history of protest and civil unrest
In Iran, this week a small demonstration that started in Mashhad turned into nationwide protests, with some calling for regime change. Iran has a long history of coups, protests and demonstrations. Of...
3 Jan 201834min
Saudi Arabia's greatest change, the GCC crisis in 2018 and Iraq finally changing for the better
The Middle East in 2017 could look like relatively tame year in a region that has become so characteristic of extreme often dramatic changes. The Arab world has become a stage for an ever shifting p...
28 Dec 201731min
Donald Trump's Jerusalem move and what it means to the region
Jerusalem serves as one of the holiest sites in the world, and as the scene of some of the most dramatic political events. Donald Trump last week recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which s...
20 Dec 201721min
World Arabic Language Day: Is the language being lost?
As dozens of Arabic-speaking nations celebrate their language this week, The National's Mina Aldroubi, Naser Alwasmi and Saeed Saeed discuss whether the language is being lost, the importance of prese...
18 Dec 201718min
