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Hindsight

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They're history’s most famous and infamous people. You’ve heard of them, but now it’s time you hear from them.

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  • Albert Camus: The Absurdity Of It All

    July 16, 2025 · 47 min

    Albert Camus was a literary giant of the 20th century, known for his philosophy of absurdity in the human quest for the meaning of life.  His personal life and North African roots helped shape his writing.  In philosophy circles, many…

  • Asmahan: The Druze Diva

    July 2, 2025 · 43 min

    Asmahan was a rebel in a world of expectations. From a Druze Princess to exalted singer in 1930s and 40s Egypt – she lived in extremes and did exactly what she wanted. Asmahan also moonlighted as a messenger during the Second World War and…

  • Faisal I of Iraq: The Making of a King

    June 18, 2025 · 37 min

    King Faisal I of Iraq was born in the age of the Ottoman Empire. A key figure in the Arab revolt, his patience, curiosity and diplomacy endeared him to many, including the man who would come to be known as Lawrence of Arabia. But in…

  • Shajarat al Durr: From Slave to Sultana of Egypt

    June 4, 2025 · 45 min

    Shajarat al Durr was born in the golden age of Islam. Despite her beginnings as a child slave, she went on to become the first woman to sit on the throne of Egypt since Cleopatra nearly 13-hundred years before.  But in hindsight, Shajarat…

  • Saladin: The Righteousness of the Faith

    May 21, 2025 · 39 min

    Saladin, one of the best known generals of the Middle Ages, led the Muslim military’s campaign during the Third Crusade.  And won. In hindsight, he was renowned in both the Muslim and Christian worlds, he was a fierce protector of Islam…

  • Raya and Sakina: Egypt’s Sisters in Crime

    May 1, 2025 · 52 min

    Raya and Sakina endured the daily grind of poverty, personal tragedy and societal prejudice in early 20th century Egypt, only to be embroiled in a series of unspeakable crimes. Their names conjure up the same kind of horror and fascination…

  • Hindsight: Here's what's in story for Season 7

    April 28, 2025 · 1 min

    Actor Charles Dance returns to narrate season 7 of Hindsight. Listen to hear the remarkable lives of some of the Arab world's greatest figures. From Saladin to Faisal I of Iraq and Asmahan to Albert Camus. And infamously, Egypt's most…

  • Truganini: The Story of Tasmania’s First People

    September 1, 2023 · 47 min

    When Truganini died, she was mistakenly declared the last Tasmanian Aboriginal. Though some say she sold out her people, in hindsight, Truganini’s survival allowed future generations to learn about the near annihilation of the Aboriginal…