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Hindsight

Hindsight

By: Al Jazeera
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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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  • Asmahan: The Druze Diva

    Asmahan: The Druze Diva
    Jul 2 2025

    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 when she was killed under mysterious circumstances, not even the benefit of hindsight would definitively clear things up.

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    43 mins
  • Faisal I of Iraq: The Making of a King

    Faisal I of Iraq: The Making of a King
    Jun 18 2025

    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 hindsight, did Faisal drive Arab nationalism or simply ride its wave?

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    37 mins
  • Shajarat al Durr: From Slave to Sultana of Egypt

    Shajarat al Durr: From Slave to Sultana of Egypt
    Jun 4 2025

    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 al Durr’s life is a Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending.

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    45 mins
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