• EI Weekly Listen — Simon Mayall on the history of the modern Middle East

  • May 10 2024
  • Length: 23 mins
  • Podcast
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EI Weekly Listen — Simon Mayall on the history of the modern Middle East

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  • The current violence and turmoil in the Middle East is expressive of a conflict between rival ideas, between the modern nation state and an old, historical concept of an Islamic caliphate. Read by Leighton Pugh.

    Image: Abdel Nasser at a rally after the rupture of relations with Syria. Credit: colaimages / Alamy Stock Photo
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