Celebrating Saudi National Day with our friends and partners in Saudi Arabia. Some journeys are remembered for the places we visit. Others stay with us because of the people we meet along the way. During our recent visit to Saudi Arabia, the XTRA team had the wonderful opportunity to join our local friends and business partners in celebrating Saudi National Day — one of the Kingdom’s most meaningful occasions. Celebrated every year on September 23, Saudi National Day commemorates the...

Have you ever finished a movie thinking it was brilliant, only to ask yourself: “Wait… what exactly just happened?” So you watch it again. The second time, you understand a little more — but somehow, you also end up with even more questions, If the director is Christopher Nolan, that feeling should probably come as no surprise. Sir Christopher Nolan is a British-American filmmaker known for ambitious blockbusters built around nonlinear storytelling, unusual structures, and ideas that often...

From Golden Persimmons and Autumn Crabs to Ginger Duck and Steaming Hot Pot Autumn in Taiwan doesn't always arrive with dramatic red forests or streets covered in fallen leaves, sometimes, it arrives much more quietly, The afternoon sun feels softer, The evenings become cooler, Fruit stalls begin filling with orange persimmons, Hot pots return to dinner tables, Steam rises from bowls and clay pots. And somewhere in a restaurant, a pot of ginger duck begins bubbling over the flame, In Taiwan,...