114: Why don’t we talk about Egypt?

About this episode

This episode explores the question of why Egypt is often not discussed in relation to Israel and the Middle East.

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People in this episode

Host: Haviv Rettig Gur

Topics covered

• Israel
• Egypt
• Middle East
• history
• podcast
• short-form episodes

Keywords

• Egypt
• Israel
• Middle East
• history
• podcast
• Haviv Rettig Gur

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Places: Egypt

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