
Arab Digest is where business leaders and experts on the Middle East and North Africa come together to share analysis and insight about the issues in the region that matter most. contact email: editor@arabdigest.org
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 329 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | News | |||

Arab Digest editor William Law's guest this week is the Quincy Institute's Annelle Sheline. Their conversation explores the damage that the Iran war is doing to Donald Trump's MAGA base and what the casual and contemptuous manner in which he treats h... more
William Law, editor of the Arab Digest newsletter, welcomes the Egyptian political and economic analyst Maged Mandour on to this week's podcast. Their conversation focusses on the trap that Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has built for himself... more
Arab Digest editor William Law welcomes the Gulf banking and finance analyst Andrew Cunningham onto the podcast to talk about the extent to which the Iran war is impacting the economies of the GCC states. They discuss the metrics used to measure econ... more
Arab Digest editor William Law's guest this week on the podcast is the analyst and rights expert Nick McGeehan. The subject is football and how the owner of Manchester City FC is the subject of a complaint about his relationship with the Rapid Suppor... more
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Seriously, you call yourself an independent podcast? You are utterly anti-West, anti-Israel and repeating Iranian propaganda and antisemitic conspiracy theories. This is not serious journalism, it does not correspond to Academic standards, you twist and turn facts so that they correspond to an extremely one-sided worldview.
They do a good job on discussing most Arab countries but they don’t even attempt to hide their hatred of Israel and use extremist rhetoric to discuss it.
Knowledgeable hosts who take no money from the usual suspects leads to refreshing clarity on difficult questions
Hello Arab Digest,
I’ve been listening to the podcast for a few months now. I live in Dubai and describe myself as a casual listener and I starting listening to your podcasts as I wanted to become more aware of the geo politics of the region.
I find some of the podcasts interesting but
I feel the podcast never chats with the establishment in the gulf states and that’s a gap. The view shared in the podcast are mostly seen through the lens of western academia and are mostly anti establishment.... more
We really need a podcast of this depth for the MENA region that is independent and not financed or controlled by any state actor. The quality of the episodes so far are excellent.
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Analyses center on geopolitics, security, energy, and humanitarian issues across the Middle East and North Africa. Episodes frequently dissect US–Israel–Iran dynamics, regional power shifts, sanctions and international law, energy transitions, and conflict impacts—from Sudan and Yemen to Syria and Lebanon. A distinctive angle is the synthesis of defense, diplomacy, and economic considerations, with guests ranging from academia and think tanks to policy practitioners and journalists. The show tends to blend rigorous geopolitical context with contemporary crises, offering listeners a pragmatic, policy-forward lens that's valuable for decision-makers, sponsors looking to reach policy-focused audiences, and professionals seeking deeper regional... more
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2. Nick McGeehan
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