{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fdde3ba23-47ea-43d7-95a9-662691e001a7","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Toxic Wars of the Middle East\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/dde3ba23-47ea-43d7-95a9-662691e001a7\"></iframe>","title":"Toxic Wars of the Middle East","description":"The Middle East has been ground zero for the major chemical attacks of the past 40 years. From the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), to the Persian Gulf War (1991), to the Syrian Civil War (2011-present), countless civilians and soldiers have been exposed to chemical agents and hundreds of thousands of survivors live with the long-term consequences of these bombs. Yet, there has been limited scholarly and public work about chemical warfare and the traces it leaves behind in the region: from its illicit international trade, to the lives of survivors post-exposure, to the environmental disasters these bombs unleash. \n\nNarges Bajoghli is a media and political anthropologist and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Watson Institute. Joost Hiltermann is Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa for International Crisis Group. We spoke with the recently during a break in the Middle East Toxic Wars conference here at the Institute.\n\nYou can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KqQPaut1nUVZ543Z0SKMgWk2rK8JVG7y/view?usp=sharing]","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e2f2b40b-a12a-43e1-815e-778d85db674e/artworks-000302636010-f7qy8j-t3000x3000.jpg"}