UME: History Through a Middle East Lens
Updated: October 26, 2026
UME is a series of History Behind News Program
238+ scholars interviewed
THE NEXT CHAPTER OF UME
We're Building Something New
Today: Watch interviews with leading scholars on our YouTube channel
Coming to this website: Historical articles, a searchable library of scholarly interviews organized by topic and region, and a powerful new research tool to connect the people, events, and ideas that shaped the Middle East
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There's much more to come!
How much do you really know about Middle East history?
UME IS NOT Your Basic
HISTORY 101
In this program, historians analyze the Middle East across different eras and from diverse perspectives in in-depth interviews with host Adel Aali.
What we are working on:
Sudan
Sudan’s history of kingdoms, powerful women, missionaries and messianic revolutions, civil wars and diversity
An Interview with Dr. Christopher Tounsel
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