In medicine, we learn early that when a human being stands between life and death, many of the things that divide the world outside the operating room simply disappear. Nationality, language, borders and political differences no longer matter. A patient enters the operating theatre with only one identity: a human being who needs someone to
Today, technology is no longer a secondary tool in our lives; it has become the mastermind governing the global landscape. From daily commercial and economic transactions to critical government mandates and geopolitics, data rules the world. A prime example of this reality was recently demonstrated by the UAE government's deployment of an
There are celebrations that simply commemorate history, and there are celebrations that embody its true meaning. Each year, the anniversary of Egypt’s 23 July Revolution holds a profound place in the hearts of Egyptians. Yet celebrating this occasion in the United Arab Emirates carries an even deeper human and fraternal significance,
In the summer of 1971, The New York Times published a set of secret documents spanning forty-seven volumes, which Americans came to call the Pentagon Papers. These documents revealed that the government which had sent its sons into the Vietnamese jungles was not merely managing a war, but also managing a narrative about that war—and
In 2002, Steven Spielberg directed a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, based on a true story that seemed closer to fiction. The protagonist, Frank Abagnale Jr., a teenager not yet nineteen, succeeded in impersonating a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer, amassing millions while evading the pursuit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation across three
