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Conflicted Revisited: Spying for Saudi

CONFLICTED

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.

As Saudi Arabia celebrates Founding Day, and as the murky underbelly of GCC geopolitics is on everyone's minds, we're re-releasing this classic Conflicted episode from early 2022.

Thomas & Aimen discuss:

 The deep history of Arabia

 The first foundations of Saudi Arabia

 The transition from British to American dominance in the Middle East

 Aimen’s family history within the British imperial system

 The 1920 Iraqi revolt 

 St John Philby (Abdullah Philby)

 The consolidation of Saudi Arabia under Ibn Saud

 Oil politics and the American-Saudi partnership

 Cold War spy-craft and intelligence networks in Saudi Arabia

 Espionage culture in the region

 The murder of Jamal Khashoggi

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Produced and edited by Rowan Bishop.
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