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E01: The emergence of religious leaders
A look back at the events of 1979, a moment of geopolitical change in the Middle East.
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1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
DocumentaryWar & Politics
During the 1970s the Middle East was a battleground for the Cold War; liberal pro-Western forces battled with pro-Soviet Arab Nationalists and Baathists. But in 1979 a series of events – the Iranian Revolution, Egypt’s …