This week, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ae/podcast/beyond-the-headlines/id1256040890?mt=2">Yemen might be approaching the first step</a> towards a peace agreement in the three-year war. We use poetry to understand what that means. Oxford University academic Elisabeth Kendall also gives us an idea of how Yemen could be understood through tribal lines. Then, host Naser Alwasmi speaks to reporter Mina Al Droubi to get an understanding of how <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/pentagon-chief-isil-s-days-are-numbered-1.621769">ISIL exists in Iraq</a> and how the battle against the caliphate is being used as a political tool for Prime Minister Haidar Al Abadi to guarantee success in the upcoming elections. Finally, ahead of Emirati Women's Day, we interview <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/etihad-s-first-woman-pilot-says-family-support-helped-her-wear-down-naysayers-1.621999">Etihad Airways' first female pilot Salma Al Baloushi</a>, a UAE pioneer. Beyond the Headlines is The National's weekly look at current affairs in the Middle East and abroad. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ae/podcast/beyond-the-headlines/id1256040890?mt=2">Follow us on iTunes.</a>