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Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East by Robin Wright

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East audiobook runs 18 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 18 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Laural Merlington

Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.

All Laural Merlington audiobooks, measured

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East is an audiobook by Robin Wright: a 18-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released March 15, 2008, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18 hrs
Narrated by
Laural Merlington
Released
March 15, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781400175970

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East audiobook?

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East runs 18 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.

Is the Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East?

Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East is narrated by Laural Merlington.

Is Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours.