In March 2020, most of the world was waking up to the idea that life would change in ways we couldn’t have imagined. As the pandemic brought much of the planet to a halt, Bill Bragin, executive artistic director of The Arts Centre at NYUAD, had to rethink ways to bring cutting-edge art to the world. How could film screenings and live performance thrive at a time when people were struggling, isolated and unable to gather in public?

Salem Muqattash, who tested negative for Covid-19 several times between bouts of illness, may have caught the virus twice in 35 days.

Gene Simmons of Kiss talked to Saeed Saeed, music journalist at The National, about what people can expect from their New Year's Eve concert at The Atlantis in Dubai. He also tells us about what he learned during the pandemic and what his relationship with Paul Stanley is like.

Saeed Saeed, music journalist at The National, talks to Paul Stanley of Kiss about the challenges facing the live music industry and how the band’s New Year’s Eve concert in Dubai could set a new standard for producing safe gigs in the future.

Alice Albright, the chief executive of the Global Partnership for Education talks to The National about the GPE calling on the international community to not take children's education for granted. Alice also spoke about the impact that the pandemic has had on education.

Saeed Saeed talks to Gene Simmons of Kiss about their upcoming New Year’s Eve concert in Dubai and why they are taking no chances when it comes to safety and will fly to the emirate on a custom jet.

Haider Hussain, a partner at Fragomen, an immigration services company, spoke to The National for an overview of the rules.

In this episode of Recorded, we hear from the three artists participating in this year’s Beyond programme – who they are, why they create and the ideas behind their work for Abu Dhabi Art.

Wrestling legend The Undertaker sits down with Evelyn Lau of The National to talk about his 30-year career, his favourite wrestling moments - and unfinished business in the ring.