162 Episodes

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

    Published: 1/22/2025

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

    Published: 1/8/2025

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

    Published: 1/1/2025

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

    Published: 12/18/2024

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

    Published: 12/11/2024

  6. The Syrian Civil War Reignites

    Published: 12/4/2024

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

    Published: 11/27/2024

  8. Ethiopia Pt.1: The Cradle of Humanity

    Published: 11/20/2024

  9. La Françafrique Pt.2: Enter the Russians

    Published: 11/6/2024

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

    Published: 10/30/2024

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

    Published: 10/23/2024

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

    Published: 10/9/2024

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

    Published: 10/2/2024

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

    Published: 9/18/2024

  15. Conflicted Revisited… Gaddafi: The Arab Madman Cometh

    Published: 9/11/2024

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

    Published: 9/4/2024

  17. Sudan Pt.3: Civil War & Genocide

    Published: 8/28/2024

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

    Published: 8/14/2024

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

    Published: 8/7/2024

  20. Sudan Pt.1: The First Mahdi

    Published: 7/31/2024

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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.