Podcast Episodes

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 lon…

8 years, 9 months ago

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 Ar…

8 years, 9 months ago

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 rec…

8 years, 9 months ago

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 …

8 years, 9 months ago

Anger in Jerusalem, Syria's future and the UAE's outer space ambitions

The United States is now the only country in the world that recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Since president Donald Trump announced the…

8 years, 9 months ago

GCC leaders meet in Kuwait, plus Stephen Hadley talks Trump and Jerusalem

This week's GCC summit may have closed a day early but there were some signs that progress had been made on the row between members states the UAE, S…

8 years, 10 months ago

Syrian peace talks, evacuation in Bali and life goes on in Manchester

Peace talks sometimes fail before they even begin. A complete political breakdown has been the case with Syria the last 7 times Bashar Al Assad's gov…

8 years, 10 months ago

End to Syrian civil war could be in sight, while confusion circulates around Lebanon

Talks in Sochi, Riyadh and in Geneva could finally spell an end to the Syrian civil war, where millions have been displaced and hundreds of thousands…

8 years, 10 months ago

In spite of Trump, the world rallies around Paris Agreement

Less than two years into the Paris Agreement, where 196 countries agreed to curb climate change to less than two degrees this century, the goal is be…

8 years, 10 months ago

Saudi anti-corruption efforts gather pace

In this episode, we look back at a night that will have deep implications for the future of Saudi Arabia. The foreign press dubbed Saudi Crown Prince…

8 years, 11 months ago