158 Episodes

  1. CC: Giri Rajendran Pt.2 – Trump's Military Moves and What ‘Liberation Day’ Really Means

    Published: 5/14/2025

  2. The Syrian Civil War Pt.6: The Siege Ends, The Regime Falls

    Published: 5/7/2025

  3. CC: Giri Rajendran Pt.1 - Trump’s New World Order

    Published: 4/30/2025

  4. CC: Tom Khaled Würdemann – Israelism, Palestinianism and the Quest for Peaceful Co-existence

    Published: 4/23/2025

  5. The Syrian Civil War Pt.5: The Siege of Southern Damascus

    Published: 4/16/2025

  6. CC: Hamza Howidy – Protest, Exile, and a Post-Hamas Vision of Gaza

    Published: 4/9/2025

  7. CC: Kahlil Sayegh – Palestinian Survival in the Face of Israel and Hamas

    Published: 4/2/2025

  8. The Syrian Civil War Pt.4: Afrin Under Siege & Exile in Turkey

    Published: 3/26/2025

  9. CC: Q&A – The Truth Behind the Violence in Syria

    Published: 3/19/2025

  10. The Syrian Civil War Pt.3: The Arab Spring Hits Aleppo

    Published: 3/12/2025

  11. Conflicted Community: Elisabeth Kendall – Politics, Conflict and Jihadi Poetry in Yemen

    Published: 3/5/2025

  12. The Syrian Civil War Pt.2 – The Kurds Rise Up

    Published: 2/26/2025

  13. Conflicted Community: Dalia Ziada – Liberal Activism in Egypt, from the Arab Spring to October 7th

    Published: 2/19/2025

  14. The Syrian Civil War Pt.1: Wassim Nasr Meets Al-Sharaa

    Published: 2/12/2025

  15. Conflicted Community: Q&A – What now for Israel and Gaza?

    Published: 2/5/2025

  16. Ethiopia Pt.3: The Shadow of the Derg

    Published: 1/29/2025

  17. Conflicted Community: Andrew Fox – The Gaza Ceasefire Deal + Hamas’ Questionable Counting

    Published: 1/22/2025

  18. Conflicted Community: Q&A – What Will 2025 Hold for Syria & Israel?

    Published: 1/8/2025

  19. Conflicted Community: Tom Tugendhat – The Dangers of Islamism and the Future of the Middle East

    Published: 1/1/2025

  20. Ethiopia Pt.2: Haile Selassie, King of Kings

    Published: 12/18/2024

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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.