C'est quoi au juste le Canal de Suez ? Et pou...

C’est un geste que l’on fait presque sans y penser. Avant un examen, en attendant un résultat médical, ou simplement en espérant que le bus ne soit pas déjà passé : on croise les doigts. Hébergé par Audion. Visitez https://www.audion.fm/fr/privacy-policy pour plus d’informations. 

C’est une de ces expressions un peu à l’ancienne, que vos grands-parents balancent sûrement au détour d’un repas de famille, mais qui fait souvent hausser les sourcils aux plus jeunes. Hébergé par Audion. Visitez https://www.audion.fm/fr/privacy-policy pour plus d’informations. 

Africa is big. Really big. And for thousands of years, people have dreamed of a way to cut through the narrowest part of the Siani Peninsula to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. In the 19th century, that dream was actualized. Since then, the canal has had its own his ...  Show more

The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most famous waterways - connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and opening up trade between the East and the West. But ever since its legendary construction in 1869, the Suez Canal has been at the centre of conflict and controversy. Why ...  Show more

April 25, 1859. About 150 people have gathered on the shores of Lake Manzala in Egypt. And one of them, a mustachioed, retired French diplomat, steps forward. He raises his pickaxe and strikes a ceremonial blow. The audacious goal is to cut through the desert to connect the Medit ...  Show more

Since its inauguration in 1869 the Suez Canal has played an immensely important part in the history, politics and economics of the Middle East and the World.In this episode Sam and Edgar discuss its role in both the occupation of Egypt by the British and its liberation from imper ...  Show more