An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in... more
Our very own Thomas Small has started a brand new podcast over on Substack called ‘Life Sentences’ – and we... more
Season 5 of Conflicted is here! In this season, we’re delving deep into a continent whose Islamic heritage is often overlooked,... more
All Conflicted fans know Aimen’s life story – but what about that of his co-host, Thomas Small? Avid listeners will... more
The 1860 ‘Damascus Events’ saw Syrian Christians murdered by their Sunni Muslim neighbours in a brutal genocidal moment that reshaped... more
Iran is rarely out of the news at the moment: from the death of President Raisi (which we covered in... more
Enjoy another clip from a new episode for our Conflicted Community! This week, Thomas and Aimen discuss the life and times... more
Enjoy a clip from the first exclusive Q&A episode for our Conflicted Community! Thanks so much to our supporters for... more
Thomas introduces a whole hour of extra content, as Aimen gives evidence to the Foreign Affair Committee in the UK... more
The second episode for our Conflicted Community is here! This bonus episode is the final one going out to all of... more
Welcome to the first episode for our Conflicted Community! We’ll be coming to you every two weeks with interactive episodes for... more
The Conflicted Community is now live! Want to hear bonus episodes of Conflicted and chat with fellow Dear Listeners? Now you... more
On Friday, January 12th, the Houthis added their muscle to the spreading conflict in the Middle East. By attacking commercial... more
The state of Yemen in 2023 is precarious. After the Arab Spring revolution descended into civil war, the Houthis have... more
The Arab Spring of 2011 may have brought with it hope for a new dawn in Yemen, one of democracy... more
2011 was a pivotal year for Yemen, and indeed the entire Middle East. After years of wars against the insurgent... more
Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president of Yemen from 1990 - 2012, described the process of governing Yemen as akin to... more
Ask anyone from the Middle East about Yemen, that country on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, and they’ll... more
In the last episode of Conflicted, we saw Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia terror group, grow in power in the midst... more
Some four decades ago, out of the chaos of the Lebanese civil war, a Shia militant group was born who... more
Emergency Episode: On Saturday October 7th 2023, Hamas terrorists broke through the border of the Gaza Strip and carried out a... more
In the last episode of Conflicted, we saw Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia terror group, grow in power in the midst of the... more