
An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 243 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistoryReligion & Spirituality | |||

We welcome back friend of the show Baraa Shiban, who was recently on the front lines in Yemen. The Houthis have surrounded Taiz once again. Can the city that has defied Yemen's tyrants for generations hold out against another devastating siege?
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In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Ruben Andersson, professor of social anthropology at Oxford University's Department of International Development, discusses his new book Age of Security: The Rise of a Global Obsession.
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Sudan’s civil war has become a regional proxy struggle, with the UAE, Egypt, Iran, Turkey and other powers backing rival armed camps as the country fragments under the pressure of war. But while the RSF’s foreign support has drawn intense scrutiny, t... more
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Aiman love for gulf brutal monarchs and unconditionally back them makes the podcast shallow.
Iran is bad but if same conditions appear in front of gulf monarch they too will not blink in killing their citizens. Go east lads. :)
So interesting, I had no idea of this history, my sum knowledge was Laurence of Arabia and Gertrude bell, and a vague memory of the Iranian embassy siege, I hadn’t even appreciated the geography till the recent eruption in the gulf. I’m definitely buying the book.
This quality of the podcast is becoming very poor. The episode on the Rise of the Offshore World is possibly the worst podcast I have ever listened to in my life. What was the point or conclusion of this episode? A 16 year old high school student who has studied elementary economics or history could have told me everything in this podcast. And yet you present it as though it’s some sort of revelation or a piece of ground breaking academic research?
I really used to enjoy this podcast but recently the hosts particularly Aimen have taken an extremely pro Israel pro America pro UAE stance. The discussions are now biased and one sided which is a real shame .
Just horrid. Discussing slavery but only the parts where slaves had a better deal. Even then, never discussing the impact of castration. Just vile. Gutless. Cowardly. Sick…
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