158 Episodes

  1. Conflicted Community: Aaron Zelin – Assad’s Fall and the Future of Syria

    Published: 12/11/2024

  2. The Syrian Civil War Reignites

    Published: 12/4/2024

  3. Conflicted Community: Q&A – What Does Trump Mean for the Middle East?

    Published: 11/27/2024

  4. Ethiopia Pt.1: The Cradle of Humanity

    Published: 11/20/2024

  5. La Françafrique Pt.2: Enter the Russians

    Published: 11/6/2024

  6. Conflicted Community: Jack Margolin Interview – How did the Wagner Group end up in Africa?

    Published: 10/30/2024

  7. La Françafrique Pt.1: France’s Shadow Empire

    Published: 10/23/2024

  8. Conflicted Community: Simon Sebag Montefiore Interview – a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew discuss Jerusalem

    Published: 10/9/2024

  9. Conflicted Community: Q&A – Hassan Nasrallah Assassinated and the Middle East on the Brink

    Published: 10/2/2024

  10. Sudan Pt.4: Omar Al-Bashir Loses Grip & Chaos Reigns

    Published: 9/18/2024

  11. Conflicted Revisited… Gaddafi: The Arab Madman Cometh

    Published: 9/11/2024

  12. Conflicted Community: Q&A – Sudan Updates, Gaza Peace Talks and Hezbollah Kill Some Chickens…

    Published: 9/4/2024

  13. Sudan Pt.3: Civil War & Genocide

    Published: 8/28/2024

  14. Sudan Pt.2: Hassan al-Turabi, Sudan’s Islamist Pioneer

    Published: 8/14/2024

  15. Conflicted Community: Q&A – Hezbollah and Hamas Leaders Assassinated… What Next?

    Published: 8/7/2024

  16. Sudan Pt.1: The First Mahdi

    Published: 7/31/2024

  17. Introducing… Life Sentences, a new podcast from Thomas Small

    Published: 7/22/2024

  18. Africa Through Muslim Eyes

    Published: 7/17/2024

  19. Conflicted Community: Aimen Interviews Thomas

    Published: 7/10/2024

  20. Conflicted Community: Eugene Rogan Interview – What do the 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ mean for the Middle East today?

    Published: 6/26/2024

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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.