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🗓️ 24 May 2024
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Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the ELEVENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment tells the story of the destruction of the two giant revolutionary projects of 1958: the union of Egypt and Syria under Nasser’s United Arab Republic and Iraq’s July Revolution that brought Qasim alongside communist allies to power. The rival radical projects of pan-Arabism and communism suffered huge blows. So did Nasser and Qasim, the era’s most significant Arab anti-imperialist leaders. Meanwhile, the Ba’ath, once ideological and idealistic, became increasingly dominated by military men who made the party into an instrument for raw domination.
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1:15.3 | This is the 11th episode of Thawora, the Diggs Rolling Series on 20th century era politics |
1:22.0 | with historian Abdel Rizak Tikriti. |
1:24.9 | Valara is Arabic 4 revolution. |
1:28.2 | It's a word that contains historical multitudes, diverse political radicalisms and revolts that have swept across Arab lands |
1:36.0 | over the past century. |
1:38.1 | The ecstatic utopian possibilities of 1958 in Iraq, Syria, and Egypt. of Abdul-Kareim Kossam had led a free officer's coup that overthrew the imperialist-aligned Hashemite monarchy |
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