CONFLICTED

An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

History
Religion & Spirituality
26
Yemen: In the Shadow of the Imam
67 min
27
Hezbollah: Israel's Menace or Lebanon's Defender?
59 min
28
Hezbollah: Rise of the Islamic Resistance
52 min
29
What Was Hamas Thinking?
61 min
30
How Iran Works
54 min
31
President Erdogan: The Mask Slips
54 min
32
President Erdogan: The Rise to Power
50 min
33
The Muslim Brotherhood: What do they want?
40 min
34
The Muslim Brotherhood: Who Are They?
52 min
35
Sayyid Qutb: Poet, Reactionary, Islamist (Part 2)
55 min
36
Sayyid Qutb: Poet, Reactionary, Islamist (Part 1)
50 min
37
Ibn Abdul Wahhab's Militant Mission (Part 2)
57 min
38
Ibn Abdul Wahhab's Militant Mission (Part 1)
48 min
39
The Firebrand from Damascus (Part 2)
53 min
40
The Firebrand from Damascus (Part 1)
48 min
41
The First Fundamentalist (Part 2)
56 min
42
The First Fundamentalist (Part 1)
43 min
43
The Mind of a Fundamentalist
40 min
44
Where Have All The Terrorists Gone?
43 min
45
Conflicted Season 4 Announcement
Season 4 of Conflicted is coming soon on June 28th!
1 min
46
Conflicted LIVE Q&A
60 min
47
Announcement: Conflicted LIVE
0 min
48
The West vs. the Rest?
64 min
49
Algerian Civil War
Algeria has been at the vanguard of Middle Eastern developments for over two hundred years. For this reason, it’s the perfect prism through which to revisit all the historical themes from this season.
84 min
50
Anti-Soviet Jihad
With the assassination of Al Qaeda leader Aymen al-Zawahiri ringing in their ears, Aimen & Thomas turn their attention once again to Afghanistan, focusing this time on the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the rise of global jihadism that followed.
95 min