The Middle Eastern challenges of competing in the Winter Olympics
When you think of the Middle East, you might imagine hot weather, date palms, camels, coffee and hummous - but would the Winter Olympics ever cross your mind? Twelve competitors from five countries in...
11 Feb 202214min
What is the metaverse and can it replace the real world?
The idea of a virtual world existing in parallel to the real one was once the stuff of science fiction. But today, millions of people are already spending hours a day in virtual spaces and spending bi...
4 Feb 202220min
A journey into the future of the UAE’s Etihad Rail
The UAE is a country of cars and buses. The only way to travel between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the two major cities, is by road - a journey of at least 70 minutes. But soon, that’s going to change. Right...
28 Jan 202221min
How CIA pop music helped elect the president of the Philippines
Filipinos will go to the polls in May to elect a new president, marking the end of Rodrigo Duterte’s years in power. Presidential hopefuls will be using what Filipinos call political campaign jingles ...
21 Jan 202215min
What Israel’s Omicron wave means for global vaccine push
In Israel in January 2021, then prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised the people that if they turned out at vaccine centres then Israel would be the first country to see an end to the pandemic, l...
14 Jan 202223min
Can Iran and the US reach a new nuclear deal?
Talks in Vienna between Iran and the US have resumed in the hope of reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. It was then US President Donald Trump who, in 2018, decided to ignore foreign policy experts, and hi...
7 Jan 202214min
A look back at 2021 (Part 2): The Taliban takeover and the Gaza-Israel War
This week, as we wrap up 2021, we’re looking at two conflicts that have defined not only the past year, but the past few decades. We’re talking about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the collapse o...
30 Dec 202125min
A look back at 2021 (Part 1): Covid-19 and the space race
Lockdowns may have given way to Covid vaccine drives in 2021 but as the year ends, the spread of Omicron has pushed millions back into some form of social restriction. From the fall of Afghanistan to ...
23 Dec 202143min
