Innovation
257 articles
What are you going to do with it?
From dreaming of owning a bicycle as a child to transforming cities worldwide, Alabbar shares how success ultimately became less about profit and more about lasting human impact.
The education moonshot
With AI reshaping education, the WISE Prize for Education seeks scalable, real-world solutions that strengthen learning, equity, and human connection beyond the classroom stage.
When childhood becomes data
A new global report warns that algorithmic learning systems could reshape childhood, governance and the future of human development itself.
The women rewriting music
MDLBEAST Foundation’s HUNNA programme is helping women reshape the future of music in Riyadh and across the MENA region through mentorship, leadership and advocacy.
The business of being present
“People crave real connection, shared moments, music, and energy that cannot be replicated online,” says Mattia Ulivieri, managing director at Blue Marlin Ibiza.
Madrid’s electric moment
Madrid has a way of turning noise into culture. Late night terrazas, scooters threading through traffic, stadium chants drifting into side streets.
Before the festival
On paper, Balad Beast is a festival. In reality, it feels closer to a cultural experiment.
Seeing is believing
What if every venue tells you what it wants? It is a question that comes naturally to Ahmad ‘Baloo’ Alammary, DJ, producer, and chief creative officer MDLBEAST, the company that has discreetly and then very loudly reshaped Saudi Arabia’s modern…
Nigeria’s power shift
As we look ahead in 2026, the global investment conversation is quietly recalibrating. Capital is searching for its next cycle, markets where demographics, infrastructure and reform are beginning to align in ways that feel durable rather than dramatic.
Balad Beast, perfectly placed
Balad Beast does not feel like a festival that happens to be set in Al Balad. It feels like a festival that could only exist there.