Review & Reflection | Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
For years, I have harbored a quiet frustration with modern produce aisles. Since living in the UAE since 2006 or navigating supermarkets here in the UK since 2…
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Review - Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" offers a comprehensive and thought-provoking exploration of human history and development. The book pres…
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Review - Quantum Supremacy - Michio Kaku
I’ve always been intrigued by the complexities of the universe and the vast potential that lies in understanding and manipulating the very fabric of reality. R…
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Reflection | Behind the Money - Financial Times
I recently had the incredible experience of having my question featured on the Financial Times Podcast, "Behind the Money," hosted by the insightful …
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Article | The QWERTY Keyboard Story
In the realm of clacking keys and digital symphonies, the QWERTY keyboard stands as a relic of innovation, a testament to the intricate interplay of human in…
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Relfection | Just Do (one) It! The Importance of Doing One Thing at a Time
The urge to multitask is not new, but modern technology makes it increasingly tempting to try to do multiple things at once. However, research shows that our b…
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Reflection | The Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life
The possibility of extraterrestrial life has gained more mainstream credibility recently. A respected former US intelligence official, David Grusch, told Congr…
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Reflection - White Collar Employees vs. AI
As reported in the Atlantic, ChatGPT, a generative AI tool created by OpenAI, and it peers in the AI arena have the potential to disrupt white-collar work in t…
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Opinion - ChatGPT
For the past few weeks, I have been obsessed with this new 'magical' tool that took the internet by surprise. I have spent countless nights experimenti…
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Opinion - Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies are digital or virtual currencies that use cryptography for secure financial transactions. They are designed to be decentralized, meaning that…
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Review - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics is a groundbreaking book that uses economics to explore a wide range of unusual and often unexpected topics. The authors, Steven D. Levitt and Ste…
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Review - Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour - Katy Fox
I read the book in my 2nd year in the UK. The book has answered several of the questions I had about the English People and their ways! One of them is the fron…
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Review - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Hans in his book Factfulness showed us how many positive things have happened and continue to happen in our lives and how we can observe them if we just look a…
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Is economic growth linked to population growth and if so, why?
I am sharing in this post the transcript and the audio file for the FT News Briefing podcast episode that I was part of back in October 2021
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Financial Times News Briefing - Reflection!
During a cold morning in London in September 2020, I woke up with no energy or motivation to do anything after months of lockdown measures and working from hom…
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الأطفال حتى سن الخمسة - كيف للأطفال أن يزدهروا حتى سن الخامسة
تحدثنا مولي رايت وهي طفلة في السابعة من العمر عن أهمية الخمس سنوات الأولى من عمر أي الطفل وكيف تساهم هذه السنين الخمسة الأولى، ليس فقط على نمو عقل الطفل بشكل س…
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قومية سامي - مقال من مجلة ناشيونال جيوغرافيك العربية
حكاية عشق بين شعب وقطعانه... إذا حدث ووجدت نفسك يوماً في مكان يبعد بثلاث مئة وأربعين كيلومتراً إلى الشمال من الدائرة القطبية الشمالية، قريباً من القمم الم…
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أرزة لبنان في لندن
خلال جولة "تماشي" في حديقة هولند بوسط لندن، لفت نظري شجرة تبدو مختلفة عن باقي الأشجار المحيطة بها. أوراقها تشبه شجرة الصنوبر بلون أخضر غامق مميز وأغ…
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Review - First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently - Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
What I enjoyed mostly about this book is the statement: "Great managers routinely break all the rules". They take the conventional wisdom about huma…
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Milo of Croton - Holland Park, London
I have always believed that great cities are the ones which have stories to tell to its residents and visitors. Some cities don't have the luxury of tellin…
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