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Thirty-eight-year-old Egyptian heart surgeon and avowed Jon Stewart fan Bassem Youssef explains how the 2011 Cairo uprising galvanised him to speak out and poke fun at his country's politics, becoming an unlikely television superstar.
The flat farmland around Bremen in Northern Germany seems an unlikely magnet for the world's wealthiest, yet Russian oligarchs, software billionaires and Gulf royals are quietly drawn to this corner of the North Sea coast.
Tourism veteran Hisham Zaazou faces protests, a collapsing economy and visitor numbers down some 30 per cent since the revolution. "This job should be fun," he admits, "but it's not fun anymore." Still, he has ideas.
Between a prostate-minded urologist, talk of flow and nocturnal bathroom visits, and a GP warning off red meat, our writer finds himself muttering about fibre, soya and Omega B. Middle age, it seems, has arrived.
Run by passionate volunteers from a discreet Ras Beirut office, the charity Inaash preserves the rich heritage of Palestinian embroidery while supporting destitute refugee families. Nadine Khalil sits with founders Maya Corm and Susan Shammas.
"It's not you, you're lovely, it's vile Richard." Taking its cue from Bridget Jones's Diary, our writer mines the rom-com's tearful bathroom phone call for a momentary, tongue-in-cheek lesson in surviving oneself.
The Lebanese and Syrians have emigrated to prosperous pastures since long before the civil war, with some four million now in Sao Paulo alone. Arriving during the rubber boom, they intermarried and integrated, carrying their food with them.
Free, open and demanding nothing but an internet connection and remarkable self-discipline, MOOCs blend videos, podcasts, quizzes and global discussion. Our writer enrols to discover whether this dazzling array of tools truly delivers an education.
Former deputy head of New Scotland Yard's Forensic Firearms laboratory, Brian Heard, warns most people are poorly prepared to defend themselves against even an amateur mugger, let alone a determined kidnapper, and shares essential survival strategies.
Sebastião Salgado’s journeys have taken him to the farthest reaches and most remote communities of the planet and the photographs he’s brought back tell tales of humanity in all its wonder. With his latest book ‘Genesis’, the Brazilian photographer presents an intimate portrait of our w…
Classically trained in Damascus and now based in Atlanta, Syrian composer and pianist Malek Jandali draws on his country's storied past. Raya Jalabi finds an artist forever determined to teach, touch and move his audience.
From Socotra, the surreal Yemeni archipelago adrift off the Horn of Africa amid pirate-haunted seas, we chart the remote, untamed destinations that reward only the boldest and most curious of modern explorers.