Arab Digest podcasts

Arab Digest editor William Law in conversation with Karim Zidan an investigative journalist covering the intersection of sports, politics, and society for a number of outlets including the Guardian, Vox Media and HBO Real Sports. Karim discusses the Saudi attempt to purchase Newcastle United, Abu Dhabi's skillful manipulation of sport, Qatar and the 2020 World Cup and the curious links between Ultimate Fighting Championship and sportswashing in the MENA region. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Neil Partrick joins Arab Digest editor William Law to talk about the Gulf States' relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Dr Partrick is a freelance writer and consultant on the Gulf and the wider Middle East and the lead contributor to the book “Saudi Foreign Policy: Conflict & Cooperation” published by IB Tauris. He blogs at https://www.neilpartrick.com/blog Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Marc Owen Jones is Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies and Digital Humanities at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Doha. He scours the internet, forensically uncovering disinformation and deceit. Marc is the author of Political Repression in Bahrain published by Cambridge University Press. His latest book Disinformation in the Middle East published by Hurst and OUP will be available shortly. His conversation with Arab Digest editor William Law focusses on the dark arts of digital deception in the MENA region. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Yahia Zoubir, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Centre, discusses Algeria and President Abdelmajid Tebboune. Is it a case of same old, same old or is a new Algeria emerging from the street protests known as the Hirak? Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Former UK ambassador to the UN Sir Jeremy Greenstock explores the impact of two massive shocks to MENA and assesses the economic and political direction the region is headed toward post-pandemic. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Ankara based political analyst Dr Ali Bakeer discusses the growing MENA grudge match between Turkey and the UAE. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

The ECFR's Cinzia Bianco discusses the challenges Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarek faces in an increasingly volatile neighbourhood. Can he maintain the legacy of Sultan Qaboos and continue to steer the country's neutral path or will pressures from Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as a distressed economy force him to abandon course? Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

A discussion with Tarek Megerisi, policy fellow with the North Africa and Middle East programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. As UAE-backed Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar suffers significant losses and Turkey ups support for the GNA, the risk the grows the proxy war will become more intense with disastrous consequences for Libyan people. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Courtney Freer, research fellow at the London School of Economics Middle East Programme, discusses political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood in the MENA region. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Baker Institute fellow and associate Chatham House fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen discusses the bitter feud that divides the GCC. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.