Why did Israeli spies build a fake beach resort?
Espionage, exodus and wind-surfing.
Arous was an idyllic holiday resort on Sudan鈥檚 Red Sea coast, a slice of paradise offering an escape to up to 30 scuba-diving tourists in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But it held a secret, one so outlandish it鈥檚 just been made into a Netflix movie. The 麻豆社 news website鈥檚 Middle East Editor Raffi Berg tells us a tale of espionage, exodus and wind-surfing.
Producer: Harriet Noble
Mixed by Weidong Lin
Editor: John Shields
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