A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)
http://www.eastpodcast.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 16 days 21 hours 38 minutes
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