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Dec 29 2023 65 ep. 15 mins 347
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Recorded is a podcast from The National with a collection of topical interviews, interesting discussions and sometimes random stories.

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Big Ideas Edition: Space exploration and the Middle East

Dec 29 2023 21 mins  
Over the course of 2023, Sulaiman Hakemy, opinion editor at The National, had the chance to sit down with three international thought leaders, representing the fields of media and business strategy, public opinion and space science. In this episode of the Big Ideas Edition, Sulaiman speaks to space science expert Prof John Zarnecki, who offers his observations of the UAE space prog

Big Ideas Edition: Polling in the Middle East

Dec 29 2023 24 mins  
Over the course of 2023, Sulaiman Hakemy, opinion editor at The National, had the chance to sit down with three international thought leaders, representing the fields of media and business strategy, public opinion and space science. In this episode of the Big Ideas Edition, Sulaiman speaks to Joe Twyman, co-founder and director of Deltapoll, a leading polling and market research co

Big Ideas Edition: The future of media and technology

Dec 29 2023 38 mins  
Over the course of 2023, Sulaiman Hakemy, opinion editor at The National, had the chance to sit down with three international thought leaders to explore the big ideas in the realms of media and business strategy, public opinion and space science. They represent these fields, bring fresh insights to the table and go beyond the narratives in the context of the Middle East region. On

Prof Humaid Al Shamsi on breast cancer in the UAE

Sep 27 2023 22 mins  
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the UAE, yet a large-scale review shows that better screening is reducing the number of advanced cases of the disease and improved survival rates are now comparable with those of leading western nations. This was a recent study, led by Prof Humaid Al Shamsi, director of medical oncology at Burjeel Medical City. In this episod

Nurturing and developing the UAE’s creative economy

Jun 12 2022 20 mins  
The creative economy. The term refers to the interchange of ideas, intellectual property, knowledge and technology. But it is an ever-evolving concept, and resists being pigeonholed into a single definition. It has also become a bit of a buzzword in the UAE, especially in the last 15 years as the country has endeavoured to bolster its creative sector. In this time, several cultural

NYUAD and the role of art in life after the pandemic

Jun 05 2022 15 mins  
The NYUAD Arts Centre and Art Gallery have returned to in-person programming for the first time in two years. The Spring 2022 line-up features an eclectic mix of live musical, cinematic and dance performances as well as art exhibitions that defy traditional categorisation. Bill Bragin, from the NYUAD Arts Centre, and Maya Allison, from the NYUAD Art Gallery, have been working to ce

From the Iranian underground to the global art scene

May 29 2022 14 mins  
Hesam Rahmanian, Rokhni Haerizadeh and Ramin Haerizadeh met in the underground art scene in Tehran in the early 1990s. After the Iranian Cultural Revolution that followed the overthrow of the Shah, free artistic expression could only take place in furtive private gatherings. It was during these meetings that the three were inspired to come together to form a collective, one founded

The journey to find a creative home

May 22 2022 17 mins  
Alaa Krimed is a luminary of the Middle East's contemporary dance scene. For the better part of the last decade, the Palestinian choreographer has been an ardent advocate of the art form through his Sima Dance Company, which he founded in Damascus in 2003. On a path that has been full of displacement, dance has remained his anchor as he first left Syria to avoid the war, then Leban

How the Expo 2020 site will be transformed into a futuristic city

Mar 31 2022 8 mins  
After six months of cultural shows, concerts and summits, Expo 2020 Dubai is over. But what happens next? What will stay and what will go? Ahmed Al Khatib, the Chief Development and Delivery Officer for Expo 2020 Dubai, tells us how the now iconic site will be transformed into a city where people live, work and play.

UAE at 50: How the UK and UAE built strategic partnerships and lifelong ties

Dec 01 2021 15 mins