<description>&lt;p&gt;The year is drawing to a close, which means its time for The New Arab Voice's annual review of year. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;To guide us through the tangled mess of the past 12 months, we're joined by The New Arab's Managing Editor Karim Traboulsi (&lt;a href="https://x.com/Kareemios" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@Kareemios&lt;/a&gt;), and journalist Oliver Mizzi (&lt;a href="https://x.com/OllyMizzi99" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;@OllyMizzi99&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this episode, we look back on the 12 days of war that shook Iran and Israel, the continued efforts of President Erdogan to hold on to power, the state building project of the new Sharaa government in Damascus, the brutal war in Sudan, and the stuttering ceasefire efforts in Gaza. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also look ahead to what 2026 might bring, and what us at The New Arab will be keeping an eye on. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This podcast is written and produced by Hugo Goodridge (&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hugogoodridge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;@hugogoodridge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Theme music by Omar al-Fil with additional music from Audio Network.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TNAPodcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;@TNAPodcasts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;or email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:podcast@newarab.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;podcast@newarab.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The New Arab Voice

The New Arab

2025 in Review

DEC 23, 202582 MIN
The New Arab Voice

2025 in Review

DEC 23, 202582 MIN

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The year is drawing to a close, which means its time for The New Arab Voice's annual review of year. To guide us through the tangled mess of the past 12 months, we're joined by The New Arab's Managing Editor Karim Traboulsi (@Kareemios), and journalist Oliver Mizzi (@OllyMizzi99).In this episode, we look back on the 12 days of war that shook Iran and Israel, the continued efforts of President Erdogan to hold on to power, the state building project of the new Sharaa government in Damascus, the brutal war in Sudan, and the stuttering ceasefire efforts in Gaza. We also look ahead to what 2026 might bring, and what us at The New Arab will be keeping an eye on. This podcast is written and produced by Hugo Goodridge (@hugogoodridge).Theme music by Omar al-Fil with additional music from Audio Network.To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TNAPodcasts or email [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.