Upfront al jazeera noam chomsky biography

In this episode of UpFront, Mehdi Hasan speaks to the renowned American academic Noam Chomsky about his public spat with the Turkish president, the war against ISIL and Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

We also look at the ramifications of the Saudi Arabia-Iran feud, and debate the state of Egypt five years after the Arab Spring.

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Headliner: Noam Chomsky on ISIL, Turkey and Ukraine

Noam Chomsky has been described as “arguably the most important intellectual alive”.

And as one of the world’s most celebrated academics, he has published more than 100 books and is a leading critic on United States foreign policy.

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