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How the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran is realigning the politics of the Middle East

Kim Ghattas, author Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East," talks about the impact of the widening war with Iran on life in Lebanon, and the impact on the geopolitics of the gulf region.

How the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran is realigning the politics of the Middle East
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Kim Ghattas, author Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East," talks about the impact of the widening war with Iran on life in Lebanon, and the impact on the geopolitics of the gulf region.

Originally published at NPR World

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