Middle East Politics

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    • The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process
    • By: Robert Spencer
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 265 ratings
    • The Palestinian Delusion is unique in situating the Israeli/Palestinian conflict within the context of the global jihad that has found renewed impetus in the latter portion of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st....

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    • Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry that Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East
    • By: Kim Ghattas
    • Narrated by: Kim Ghattas, Nan McNamara
    • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 452 ratings
    • Kim Ghattas delivers a gripping account of the largely unexplored story of the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, born from the sparks of the 1979 Iranian revolution and fueled by American policy....

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    • Soleimani, the US, and Iran’s Global Ambitions
    • By: Arash Azizi
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 12-15-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • Until his assassination by US drone strike in January 2020, commander Qassem Soleimani was one of the most powerful men in Iran and the military spearhead for Iranian foreign policy, enacting the wishes of the country's Supreme Leader in the region....

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    • What Everyone Needs to Know®
    • By: James L. Gelvin
    • Narrated by: Kent Klineman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In the second edition of The New Middle East, renowned scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged....

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    • Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth
    • By: Avi Melamed
    • Narrated by: Vikas Adam
    • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-29-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than 30 years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges accepted perceptions....

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    • An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
    • By: Stephen Kinzer
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard, Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 02-26-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,546 ratings
    • Half a century ago, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, whose "crime" was nationalizing the country's oil industry....

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    • Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khamenei
    • By: William R. Polk
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • William R. Polk provides an informative, history of a country which is moving quickly toward becoming the dominant power and culture of the Middle East....

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    • A History of the Islamic Republic
    • By: Michael Axworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 19 hrs
    • Release date: 07-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Axworthy takes listeners through the major periods in Iranian history over the last 30 years: the overthrow of the old regime and the creation of the new one; the Iran-Iraq war; the reconstruction era following the war; the reformist wave led by Mohammed Khatami; and the present day....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Martin Bunton
    • Narrated by: Neil Shah
    • Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
    • The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles in history. In this accessible and stimulating Very Short Introduction, Martin Bunton clearly explains the history of the problem, a modern territorial contest between two nations....

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    • By: Thomas L. Friedman
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 04-16-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come.

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    • The United States, Iran, and the Struggle for the Middle East
    • By: Afshon Ostovar
    • Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
    • Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In Wars of Ambition, Afshon Ostovar explores the evolution of the metastasizing conflict as it unfolded over a span of more than two decades....

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    • The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
    • By: David Fromkin
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 12-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 466 ratings
    • The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts are rooted in the region's political inheritance. David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map that remade the geography and politics....

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    • A History of the Occupied Territories
    • By: Ilan Pappe
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Published on the 15th anniversary of the Six-Day War that culminated in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Pappe offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the world's most prolonged and tragic conflicts....

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    • How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison
    • By: John Kiriakou
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a 30 month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners....

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    • By: Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 186 ratings
    • Operation Protective Edge, Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dead and cleared the way for another Israeli land grab. The need to stand in solidarity with Palestinians has never been greater....

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    • Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East
    • By: Fawaz A. Gerges
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 04-17-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
    • Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's leading authorities on the Middle East, tells how the clash between pan-Arab nationalism and pan-Islamism has shaped the history of the region from the 1920s to the present....

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    • How Britain Made the Middle East
    • By: Walter Reid
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 08-16-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Working from both primary and secondary sources, Walter Reid explores Britain's role in the creation of the modern Middle East and the rise of Zionism from the early years of the twentieth century to 1948....

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    • Law and the Question of Palestine
    • By: Noura Erakat
    • Narrated by: Christine Rendel
    • Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • Justice for Some offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. Focusing on key junctures, Noura Erakat shows how the strategic deployment of law has shaped current conditions....

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    • An American Abroad in a Post-American World
    • By: Suzy Hansen
    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
    • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 08-15-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 203 ratings
    • In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the US-led invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen, who grew up in an insular conservative town in New Jersey, was enjoying early success as a journalist....

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