The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2015 - Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time

Tarek Osman investigates the rise of the Kindgom of Saudi Arabia. In this second episode he sees how Saudi Arabia was suddenly challenged at the end of the 1970s by the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan which gave rise to religious extremism, as well as the Arab uprisings.

Published on Wednesday, 29th April 2015.

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