Thawra

The Dig's mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century.

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Ep. 9 – Palestine on the Road to Revolution

Posted August 8, 202402:01:37

Today’s installment covers the creation of a Palestinian national liberation movement throughout the 1950s by a people dispersed by the Nakba: organizations,...

Ep. 8 – Origins of the Arab New Left

Posted August 8, 202401:10:09

This is a compact introduction to the Movement of Arab Nationalists, which in the 1950s built a presence that stretched across the region, from Beirut...

Ep. 7 – United Arab Republic Against Eisenhower

Posted August 8, 202401:25:17

Today’s installment lays out the the US’s Eisenhower Doctrine, which in 1957 inaugurated a new era of imperialism in the Middle East; the Ba’ath...

Ep. 6 – Cold War Heats Up

Posted August 8, 202402:08:03

Today’s installment lays out the intensification of the Cold War across the Middle East. Western imperialist powers attempted to recruit Arab countries...

Ep. 5 – The Struggle for Syria

Posted August 8, 202402:39:14

Today’s installment lays out the early years of a struggle for Syria that would decisively shape the Arab world: the fight for independence from France,...