Issue 188: Dubai’s Futuristic Approach to Infrastructure

Dubai and city planning.

BackstoryWisam AmidOctober 31, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Issue 179: Time is a Funny Thing

Saying farewell to our editor.

Issue 178: Can We Make Email Better?

Lessons learned from 20 years of Gmail.

Issue 177: Can Mindfulness Help Climate Change?

Thinking about new ways to tackle a global challenge.

Issue 176: AI is Booming in the Middle East

How can the region stay on top?

Issue 175: A New Identity for a New Era

The meaning of Dubai’s new logo.

Issue 174: Ramadan Mubarak!

Reflections on our world during this special time.

Issue 173: Lessons from Dune

What fictional worlds can teach us about Earth.

Issue 172: Can Humans Survive Mars?

Reaching the red planet is just the beginning.

Issue 171: Looking back on 20 Years of 'Like'

Facebook Hits a Milestone.

BackstoryWisam AmidFebruary 23, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Issue 170: The World Governments Summit Comes to Dubai

What’s shaping the thinking of leaders?

BackstoryWisam AmidFebruary 16, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Issue 169: Keep Virtual Reality Weird

The VR era is here, now what?

BackstoryWisam AmidFebruary 9, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Issue 168: A More Productive Year

Knowledge workers need to change their habits.

BackstoryWisam AmidFebruary 2, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Issue 167: We Need New Words

Technology is outpacing our vocabulary.

BackstoryWisam AmidJanuary 26, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Issue 166: The Key to Lasting Fitness

A new year is a great time for new habits.

BackstoryWisam AmidJanuary 19, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Issue 165: Private Space Travel is About to Take Off

Planned trips to the moon will usher in a new era.

BackstoryWisam AmidJanuary 12, 2024technology, government, artificial intelligence, innovation, culture, climate change, space

Building Brands for the Space Era

At Xische we have been in awe, witnessing a brand we conceived in 2014 for the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) suspended in zero-gravity aboard the ISS this week. Emirati astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi dons a spacesuit and on-board gear featuring the ‘edge’ we created.

Space, OpinionWisam AmidMarch 9, 2023space, UAE Space Programme, MBRSC