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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: Countering civilisationalism-Lebanese and Iraqi protesters transcend sectarianism
Description: Protests in Lebanon have evolved into more than a fight against failed and corrupt government that has long stymied development in the Middle East and North Africa.
The protests constitute a rare demand for political and social structures that emphasize national rather than ethnic or sectarian religious identities in a world in which civilizational leaders who advocate some form of racial, ethnic or religious supremacy govern the world’s major as well as key regional powers.