François Georges-Picot
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Oct 12, 2026
Dr. ZHOST
And to complete the betrayal, we have to look at the Sykes-Picot Agreement, because while the British are promising this land to the Arabs and the Jews-
ZHOST
Yeah, British diplomat Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Georges-Picot are secretly meeting in a back room with a map of the Middle East, literally drawing pink and blue lines across it to divide the entire region into British and French colonial empires.
Dr. ZHOST
They promised the exact same land to three different groups, knowing full well those promises were mutually exclusive.
ZHOST
It was just imperial arrogance operating on the assumption that they could just, you know, manage the fallout later.
ZHOST
The documentary details the infamous Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916.
ZHOST
This was a secret treaty negotiated in the middle of the war between Britain and France, spearheaded by the Englishman Mark Sykes and the French diplomat Francois-Georges Picot.
Dr. ZHOST
Their goal was to decide how they would divide up the collapsing Ottoman Empire once they won the war.
ZHOST
Right.
Yasir QadhiHOST
So England decided that, "What are we going to do in case we win?" And in order to create allies with the other countries, they formed a secret treaty, a secret agreement called the Sykes-Picot Agreement.
Yasir QadhiHOST
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement? In order to solidify their allying with the French, Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot, the two of them were emissaries.
Yasir QadhiHOST
They were, uh, so, so quote-unquote "ambassadors," not quite ambassadors, but let's just say diploma- diplomats is a better word.
Yasir QadhiHOST
These two diplomats, they met in secret with a map of the Middle East.