The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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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 Fajer Al-Kaisi
Fajer Al-Kaisi narrates 139 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,474 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 Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen is an audiobook by Benjamin Buchholz and Sam Farran: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Fajer Al-Kaisi, released July 27, 2021, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Released
- July 27, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Military (Biography & Memoir), History
- ISBN
- 9781549101847
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen as an audiobook?
The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen?
The Tightening Dark: An American Hostage in Yemen is narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi.