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Series SeasonSeason 12 episodes2022
Al Jazeera World
2022
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Episodes
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Episode 147 min2022-01-25
The Sacred Woods
Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.
Episode 248 min2022-02-01
Palestine 1920
A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.
Episode 347 min2022-02-08
Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
Episode 447 min2022-02-15
The Colours of Home
An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.
Episode 547 min2022-03-01
Visa for a Stray Dog
The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.
Episode 646 min2022-04-26
Turkey's Senkaya Bus
A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.
Episode 747 min2022-05-03
Songs of the Gulf
Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.
Episode 846 min2022-05-17
Austria: Operation Luxor
Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?
Episode 946 min2022-05-24
An American in My Home
Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.
Episode 1047 min2022-05-31
Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker
The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.
Episode 1143 min2022-06-07
Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist
A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.
Episode 1246 min2022-06-14
Painting in the Dark
The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.
Episode 1346 min2022-06-21
Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of Coups
The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.
Episode 1447 min2022-07-19
Hany El Banna: The Giving Business
The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.
Episode 1547 min2022-08-02
The Sixties in the Arab World (1): Politics
The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.
Episode 1647 min2022-08-09
The Sixties in the Arab World (2): Culture
The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.
Episode 1748 min2022-08-16
The Sixties in the Arab World (3): Society
The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.
Episode 1847 min2022-09-13
Arab Love Songs
Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.
Episode 1948 min2022-09-27
Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at Home
In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?
Episode 2045 min2022-10-04
The Colours of Healing
Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.
Episode 2147 min2022-10-18
Tam Tam Basketball
The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.
Episode 2247 min2022-10-25
The Kabul Bank Crash
The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.
Episode 2348 min2022-11-01
Maradona in Naples
Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.