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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.
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Conflicted Community: Who Killed the Iranian President?
Enjoy another clip from a new episode for our Conflicted Community!
This week, Thomas and Aimen discuss the life and times of Iran’s President Raisi – ‘ The Butcher of Tehran’ – as well as doing a deep dive on the fascinating relationship between Iran and Azerbaijan, before Aimen gives us some intel on how Raisi might have died…
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Conflicted Community: Q&A - From the intricacies of Middle Eastern Diplomacy to... Eurovision?
Enjoy a clip from the first exclusive Q&A episode for our Conflicted Community! Thanks so much to our supporters for sending in all these brilliant questions on our Discord chatroom.
This week, Thomas and Aimen answer your burning questions, from Eurovision to Qatar, visiting corners of the world they’ve not touched on before…
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Bonus Content: Aimen gives evidence in Parliament
Thomas introduces a whole hour of extra content, as Aimen gives evidence to the Foreign Affair Committee in the UK Parliament. To hear more about this trip to the palace of Westminster, as well as other bonus content, sign up to the Conflicted Community!
Members also get access to our chatroom on Discord, where you can engage in riveting post-episode debates, and ask questions for upcoming exclusive Q&A episodes.
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Conflicted Community: Jihadis for Hire
The second episode for our Conflicted Community is here!
This bonus episode is the final one going out to all of our dear listeners on this feed, so to keep listening, you’ll need to subscribe. Subscribers can also join our Conflicted Community chatroom on Discord, which is already brimming with conversation and analysis.
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For our second episode, Thomas and Aimen are returning to their bread and butter: jihadi terrorism. The attacks on a Moscow concert hall in March 2024, carried out by ISIS Khorasan Province, have revealed the return of a kind of terror not witnessed for a few years. But there’s a difference: could they have been jihadi mercenaries? Are they in fact jihadis for hire? Thomas and Aimen discuss how Afghanistan has once again become a hotbed of terror, and what this all means for the country and the rest of the world.
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Conflicted Community: The Gaza War – What Are Both Sides Thinking?
Welcome to the first episode for our Conflicted Community!
We’ll be coming to you every two weeks with interactive episodes for our subscribers. We’re giving the first couple of episodes out for all of our dear listeners, but to keep listening, you’ll need to subscribe. And don’t forget, subscribers can also join our Conflicted Community chatroom on Discord, to discuss everything you hear, and so much more.
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In our first Conflicted Community episode, Thomas and Aimen discuss the unavoidable topic of war in Israel and Gaza, giving you an update on where things stand, what they’ve been hearing about the Hamas leadership and the threats posed by Iran and the wider axis of resistance. They also dig deep into Netanyahu and the ways in which Israel is prosecuting the war – does it legally constitute ethnic cleansing? Even a genocide?
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The Conflicted Community is Live!
The Conflicted Community is now live!
Want to hear bonus episodes of Conflicted and chat with fellow Dear Listeners? Now you can! We’re going to be putting out new interactive episodes every two weeks for subscribers, as well as giving access to our Conflicted Community chatroom on Discord, where you can engage in riveting post-episode debates.
All the information you need to sign up is on this link: https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/
This is a paid for community and these new episodes and access to the chatroom will be for subscribers only. We’ll be releasing the first couple of these episodes to all of our dear listeners on this normal Conflicted Feed, but you’ll have to join the Conflicted community to continue listening…
Episode one for our Conflicted Community is coming next week on April 17th – so watch this space!
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Customer Reviews
They’re back, Aimen to that!
Likeable hosts. Good chemistry. The story behind the story. A dense tapestry of geopolitics, history and ideology woven together with a thread of humour and humanity
This podcast is utterly astonishing!
If you are interested in the Middle East in any way this is an astonishingly brilliant podcast series. it’s hosted by Thomas Small, an American filmmaker and fluent Arabic speaker, and Aimen Dean. Thomas is incredibly well versed in all things to do with the Middle East but it is a Aimen who is the star of the show. He is an ex-Al Qaeda Jihadi who then became an MI6 double agent.
His knowledge about all things to do with the Middle East and Jihadi terrorism is quite astonishing. He has names and dates at his fingertips. He has met everybody on all sides including well-known terrorists, diplomats and politicians. What is interesting is that he is still in regular contact with these people. So instead of only getting one viewpoint (for example just the Palestinians or just the Israelis) he also has close contact with Hamas! I take a really close interest in the Middle East and I’ve never ever come across someone with such astonishing knowledge.
This podcast was recommended to me only a week or so ago and I decided to start at the beginning. The podcasts go back to 2019 and I totally recommend beginning at the beginning because every one is full of utterly brilliant information.
They are also pretty evenhanded. I guess the one thing to say is that they loathe Jihadi terrorism. However they are more than willing to be fiercely critical of Arab rulers, Israeli government, the Americans and all sorts of different players on the international stage. If you want to understand what the Middle East is all about, listen to this podcast. It is amazing!
Absolutely superb podcast.
Absolutely superb podcast. Shukren. On a par with Empire pod and that really is the highest compliment I can pay. 1000/10. Long may they both continue InShallah.. 🧿