An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the h
Ibn Taymiyyah is known as the “Sheikh of Islam” to his admirers, and to his detractors, one of the m
This week’s Conflicted sees the second episode of our deep dive into the thrilling life of 7/8th cen
On this week’s episode of Conflicted, we begin a multi episode exploration into the historical figur
Islamic radicals have been a scourge on countries across the Middle East for decades, but what drive
In the first episode of season 4 of Conflicted, hosts Thomas Small and Aimen Dean attempt to get to
Join Islamic scholar Thomas Small and ex-jihadi turned spy Aimen Dean as they explore the fascinatin
In a special LIVE end of season event (recorded on the 30th November) Thomas and Aimen sat down to a
A special announcement from Thomas.Find tickets to the Live Q&A on Eventbrite.Or join our FB Dis
In the final episode of this season, Thomas & Aimen come full circle again, back to the latest c
As Conflicted approaches the end of season 3, Aimen & Thomas turn their attention to a country w
With the assassination of Al Qaeda leader Aymen al-Zawahiri ringing in their ears, Aimen & Thoma
In our previous episode on the Iranian revolution, we left the Ayatollah Khomeini sitting high and m
We’ve reached the Iranian Revolution of 1979! The great showdown! The watershed moment when the tens
In this episode, Aimen and Thomas talk about one of the many governing institutions which arose out
Circling back to the Arab world after a brief excursus further afield, this episode of Conflicted ta
Having flitted around the edges of the Ottoman Empire for most of this season, now we’re going strai
From the Arab world, we now journey eastward to the Indian Subcontinent. Ancient, vast, and spiritua
Now that we’ve told the story of the rise and fall of Nasserism, we turn to Libya and its handsome a
We’ve finally reached the climax of the Cold War in the Middle East: the 6-Day War of 1967 and its d
As we race toward the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli wars, we’re putting our final duck in its row. Afte
