Culture
PODCASTS
Comedy Role Models and Future Ventures
Mina Liccione shares her dream comedy partners from Bassem Youssef to Fluffy, and teases her new future special Arabised on life in the Middle East.
PODCASTS
Gaza, Genocide, and Comedy, Right?
Comedian Mina Liccione on faith, Gaza, and why laughter is resistance: balancing art, truth, and healing with higher purpose.
EUROPE
Mental Illness: Iceland’s Successful Remedy to a Epidemic
Iceland treats depression with openness and prevention, while in South Korea, stigma and pressure keep mental health issues hidden and untreated.
Film
What it Means to be Arab: Netflix, Identity, and Boundaries
Streaming reshapes Arab identity as Netflix and Shahid break taboos, amplify women’s voices, and boost LGBTQ+ visibility.
WORLD
Singapore: A Fire to be Put Out
Singapore combats online radicalisation with strict laws, youth programs, and rehabilitation to protect its multicultural harmony.
Popular
A Hollywood Twist in the Nord Stream Mystery
Croatian police arrested a Nord Stream sabotage suspect on the set of a Hollywood film retelling his own alleged crime.
Flock Camera Resistance Questions Europe’s Monitoring Guardrails
America's backlash against Flock cameras shows how quickly useful policing technology can turn into mass surveillance.
Tehran Eyes Europe as Trump Tightens Economic Warfare
Washington's turn to economic warfare, and Iran's threats toward Europe, hint at a war increasingly fought through markets and infrastructure.
Quakes and Politics Threaten Europe’s Historic Sites
Nature and politics both threaten Europe's historic sites, revealing how easily protection can fail against forces beyond anyone's control.
The Iran War is Redrawing East Asia’s Power Map
As Trump's war on Iran scrambles Asian oil markets and diplomacy, China and North Korea gain ground, Japan's currency slides and Seoul's alliance frays.
