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
51
Yemen: In the Shadow of the Imam
67 min
52
Hezbollah: Israel's Menace or Lebanon's Defender?
59 min
53
Hezbollah: Rise of the Islamic Resistance
52 min
54
What Was Hamas Thinking?
61 min
55
How Iran Works
54 min
56
President Erdogan: The Mask Slips
54 min
57
President Erdogan: The Rise to Power
50 min
58
The Muslim Brotherhood: What do they want?
40 min
59
The Muslim Brotherhood: Who Are They?
52 min
60
Sayyid Qutb: Poet, Reactionary, Islamist (Part 2)
55 min
61
Sayyid Qutb: Poet, Reactionary, Islamist (Part 1)
50 min
62
Ibn Abdul Wahhab's Militant Mission (Part 2)
57 min
63
Ibn Abdul Wahhab's Militant Mission (Part 1)
48 min
64
The Firebrand from Damascus (Part 2)
53 min
65
The Firebrand from Damascus (Part 1)
48 min
66
The First Fundamentalist (Part 2)
56 min
67
The First Fundamentalist (Part 1)
43 min
68
The Mind of a Fundamentalist
40 min
69
Where Have All The Terrorists Gone?
43 min
70
Conflicted Season 4 Announcement
Season 4 of Conflicted is coming soon on June 28th!
1 min
71
Conflicted LIVE Q&A
60 min
72
Announcement: Conflicted LIVE
0 min
73
The West vs. the Rest?
64 min
74
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
75
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