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news Tough tests for Joe Biden in new Middle East "Folks, its a time of testing." So said Americas new president in Wednesdays inauguration speech before listing the tests the country faces and concluding with "Americas role in the world". Some of the toughest questions on that exam are in the Middle East. Joe Bidens team is dominated by old hands from the Obama administration returning to a region with new orders to revisit old issues. Their biggest challenges involve policies they personal...

The rivalry that completely transformed the Middle East In "Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the rivalry that unraveled the Middle East", Dutch Lebanese journalist Kim Ghattas describes the past 40 years in the Middle East and North Africa as a struggle for hegemony between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Throughout the book, she focuses above all on the societal dimension of this rivalry. Daniel Walter read the book Peshawar in the early 1980s. After the Soviet invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan, t...

Kim Ghattas Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On December 21, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is dramatically disrupting not only our daily lives but society itself. This show features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the deeper economic, political, and technological consequences of the pandemic. It’s our new daily podcast trying to make longterm sense out of the chaos of today’s global crisis. On today’s episode, Andrew talks with Kim Ghattas about he...

Chosen by Ed Thicknesse – Transport and industry reporter Opening in 1979 with the Iranian revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Black Wave, by former BBC journalist Kim Ghattas, traces the development of the rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia up to the present day. Focusing in on the lives of the guerrillas, scholars, and clerics who have shaped the last 40 years, Ghattas’ book fuses discussion of the ideological disputes that have pulled the Gulf apart, as well as their ...

The Quietus , December 14th, 2020 11:58 These are our favourite tracks of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Bobby Barry, Aaron Bishop, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Ella Kemp, Fergal Kinney, Sean Kitching, Anthea Leyland, Peter Margasak, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner, Kez Whelan and Daryl Worthington. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck Theres not much more I can add to what has already been said about our relationship to music in this pandemi...

Just to men. in this era of the me too movement, to all men out there like you know what? these are women who need to be respected. theyre smart. theyre savvy. they can do this. >> i think this group of women, we live the concept of i am my sisters keeper. see, campaigning for office is difficult. and to be able to see your sister on the poll and know shes going through the same thing is really important. the tribe of black women that lift and support us up has made all the difference for us. >>...

They can do this. >> i think this group of women, we live the concept of i am my sisters keeper. see, campaigning for office is difficult. and to be able to see your sister on the poll and know shes going through the same thing is really important. the tribe of black women that lift and support us up has made all the difference for us. >> and trymaine lee joins me now. great sort of insight into whats going on down there. one thing that struck me, how did these people make the decision to go fro...

Warning. >> with there was probably no way that they heard that there was a flash flood warning, there was no cell phone service, and you are probably not going to get too many radio stations down there either. >> heather, the 13-year-old boy, the search for him resume this morning. today they are using helicopters in addition to specially trained dogs. >> heather: they called it up black wave, said it was about 4t through. thank you so much. >> jon: what a sad story. one law maker pivotal to th...

Flash flooding sweeping cars off the road. one of those cars belongs to a video editor. he says he looked down for a minute and when he glanced back up a giant black wave of mud sweeping his car down the highway. remarkably no reports of injuries. my next guest was inside that car and shot the video. john, first of all, explain why you were even there in the first place. >> a misplaced sense of duty. gregg: what does that mean? >> im a reporter. we heard there was a flash flood warning up the ca...

Windshield. the other an oil leak in the engine. the news comes on the same day u.s. transportation officials are expected to hold a press conference to address electrical issues with these planes. >>eric: a warning if you take the sleeping pill ambien, alisyn. the food and drug administration wants doctors to cut doses over concerns it is too potent. they say all sleeping pills with the chemical zalfaden in those can leave users too drowsy even after getting eight hours of sleep. women are more...