The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Todd McLaren (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Todd McLaren
Todd McLaren narrates 191 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,238 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,516 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda is an audiobook by Yaroslav Trofimov: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Todd McLaren, released October 2, 2007, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Todd McLaren
- Released
- October 2, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781400175345
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How long is The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda as an audiobook?
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda?
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda is narrated by Todd McLaren.