Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchArab 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…
5 years, 11 months ago
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…
5 years, 11 months ago
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…
6 years ago
Iraq's year of protests, assassinations and foreign interference
On October the 1st 2019, protestors took to the streets of Iraq demonstrating against unemployment, government corruption and poor public services, s…
6 years ago
Saudi Arabia at 90, an evolution from Bedouin culture to leading power
Nadia Abdulwahab, Lecturer in English Literature at Umm Al Qura University, and Marcel Kupershoek, author and senior humanities research fellow at NY…
6 years ago
The Abraham Accord between Israel and the UAE
On the 15th of September, the UAE signed the historic Abraham Accord with Israel at a ceremony in Washington DC, in the first such agreement between …
6 years ago
Social media and the freedom of speech
Free speech is part of the US bill of rights, which was ratified in 1791. It grants the freedom to express any opinion, without any restrictions or p…
6 years, 1 month ago
How gas exploration in the Mediterranean is pitting Turkey against Europe
News update. Since publishing this podcast Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid military escalation and accidents in the Eastern Mediterr…
6 years, 1 month ago
How do people become radicalised online and can we stop it?
This week on Beyond the Headlines, we ask Athina Tzemprin from Moonshot CVE, an organisation that works to prevent radicalisation of people online, a…
6 years, 1 month ago
What is long-haul Covid and is it real?
‘Long haulers’ or ‘Long-termers’ are people who have recovered from the coronavirus but weeks or even months later, are still experiencing symptoms.
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6 years, 1 month ago