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This is the first episode of Thoura, the Dig's new series on 20th century Arab politics with historian Abdel Rizak Tachriti.

Thoura is Arabic for revolution. It's a word that contains historical multitudes.

diverse political radicalisms and revolts that have swept

across Arab lands over the past century. This is by far the dig's most

ambitious project ever.

Today, Israel's embattled legitimacy rests upon the mystification of the fundamental

coloniality of modern Middle Eastern history, very much including the Middle Eastern present.

Since October 7th, then, this podcast has been attempting to systematically counter

the official obscurantism parroted everywhere from the White House to the New York Times

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