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Al Arabiya
29-05-2025
- Health
- Al Arabiya
‘Steroids are safer than alcohol': Enhanced Games founder vs former Olympic swimmer
It's being billed as the Olympics of the future. A juiced-up version of 'faster, higher, stronger.' The Enhanced Games doesn't just allow the use of performance enhancing drugs... it actively encourages it. Is it setting a dangerous precedent? And just because the drug use is out in the open - does that make it ok? It's up for debate here on Counterpoints with me, Melinda Nucifora. The pursuit of sporting glory is older than the ancient Olympics themselves. That drive, that desire to be 'the best'... But at what cost? Would you risk your health? What about your reputation? The Enhaned Games is flipping the traditional sporting narrative on its head. Instead of drug-taking ending your professional career - what if was just the beginning? The financial muscle behind next year's Enhanced Games want athletes - and viewers - to embrace what it's calling 'superhumanity'... A 'revolution in sport and science.' Strip away the marketing spin - and you're left with a celebration of drug-taking athletes breaking records which were set by clean sportspeople. Gold medals aren't won... they're earned. But at the Enhaned Games - who's earning them? The athlete, or the scientist? Our panel go head-to-head on Counterpoints to answer: Let the games begin. Guests:
Al Arabiya
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Arabiya
Gad Saad on Trump, freedom, censorship
Dr. Gad Saad is a professor of marketing at Concordia University and a trailblazer in applying evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior. He's the bestselling author of The Parasitic Mind, a fearless critique of ideological extremism, and the host of the popular YouTube series The Saad Truth. Loved by his fans for his wit and championing of reason and science, and perhaps equally loathed by his critics who disagree with his unorthodox takes on society and politics, Dr. Saad is a fierce advocate for free speech and intellectual freedom. He joins Melinda Nucifora for a special interview on Counterpoints to discuss censorship, freedom, the truth, US politics, Donald Trump and much more.
Al Arabiya
10-04-2025
- Business
- Al Arabiya
Were tariffs a mistake? Trump's ex-ambassador & EU minister debate
Brace for an economic nuclear winter. That's the brutal assessment of US President Donald Trump's tariffs from one of his billionaire campaign supporters. In a single afternoon, the president dismantled the entire global trading system. But is that really a bad thing? And could some countries stand to gain, negotiating their way to a better deal all round? It's up for debate on Counterpoints on Al Arabiya News with Melinda Nucifora. Guests: Carla Sands – Vice Chair of the Center for Energy and Environment at the America First Policy Institute and a Former US ambassador to Denmark during Donald Trump's first administration Bruno Macaes – Former Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs, a geopolitical consultant, and author of the recently released 'World Builders: Technology and the New Geopolitics'
Al Arabiya
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Syria at a crossroads: Rebirth or rebranding?
After more than half a century of autocratic rule, Syria is negotiating a new future. But is this the rebirth of a nation or just a rebranding? Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham made overthrowing the Assad regime look easy but governing the fractured country will be anything but. On this episode of Counterpoints with Melinda Nucifora, guests debate if the interim government is up to the task ahead. The panel will assess the interim government's track record since taking power and, if minority groups will accept an Islamic government that pushes sharia law. Also, what role – positively or negatively – the international community will play during the transition period. Guests: Mahmoud Toron – Independent Syrian Politician Salih Muslim – Co-Chair of the PYD, a leading political party in the Autonomous Kurdish region in Syria's northeast. Ambassador James Jeffrey – Former US Special Envoy for Syria and a former Ambassador to Turkey.
