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Verso Books. Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jackabin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and

I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. This is the fifth episode of Thawora, the Digs new series on 20th

century Arab politics with historian Abdel Razak Tikriti. Thawara is Arabic for revolution. It's a word that contains historical multitudes, diverse

political radicalisms and revolts that have swept across Arab Lams over the past century.

Thus far, each episode of our series has taken a region-wide view,

zooming into national or local history,

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