I've been so busy between managing my own blog and editing LobeLog that I couldn't even think about an appropriate topic for our final 2017 podcast, but then the governments of Turkey and the UAE handed me one on a silver platter. Here we'll be talking about the Siege of Medina in World War I, the Arab Revolt that was behind it, and the Ottoman general …
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Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.
Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.Listen on
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