2018
Episodes • 2018

1. Don't Kill Him in Damascus
47 minThe mysterious killing of Fathi Shaqaqi, the founder of the armed Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.
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2. Lebanon: Living on the Blue Line
47 minThe personal stories of villagers in southern Lebanon about living close to the border with neighbouring Israel.
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3. The Diaspora Orchestra
48 minMusicians from all around the world revive the Palestine National Orchestra and perform in the occupied territories.
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4. Journalism Is Not a Crime
45 minAl Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein continues to be detained without trial in Egypt since December 2016.
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5. The Great Population Exchange
48 minThe lasting legacy of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
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6. In the Ruins of a Dream
48 minFive Syrians reflect on the devastation wrought on their homes, some of which took a lifetime to build.
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7. May Ziade: Arab Feminist Writer
47 minExploring Ziade's complex life, her effort to emancipate women, and her platonic relationship with poet Khalil Gibran.
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8. Time Out
47 minAfter the civil war, the basketball court became a new battleground of sectarian divisions between Lebanon's top teams.
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9. Egypt's Women Street Sellers
44 minThe stories of five Egyptian village women supporting their entire families by selling local produce in the markets.
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10. Witness From the East
48 minWhile working on a kibbutz in 1967, a Japanese journalist discovers the hidden remains of a Palestinian village, changing his perspective and sparking a lifelong documentary project.
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11. The Last Nomads of Morocco
48 minMorocco's nomadic tribes are gradually giving up their traditional way of life to offer their children formal education.
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12. Paris: A Divided City
47 minAn investigation into the complex questions of identity and alienation in disadvantaged suburbs of Paris.
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13. Lebanon: Single by Choice
48 minWhy are so many Lebanese women single? Five women share their stories of love, life and marriage in Lebanon.
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14. Seven Days in Beirut
48 minA British-Italian man spends one week in a Palestinian refugee camp where thousands have lived, stateless, since 1948.
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15. Shahira: My Syrian Friend
48 minThe story of an unusual friendship between a Lebanese filmmaker and a young Syrian refugee girl.
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16. Truck Attack in Nice
45 minFrench Muslim families who lost loved ones in the Nice truck attack struggle with bereavement and Islamophobia.
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17. Senegal's Sinking Villages
48 minGlobal climate change and an engineering 'quick fix' have created an ecological disaster on Senegal's Atlantic coast.
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18. Andalusia: Lessons in Life
44 minA university teacher leads a group of students to Andalusia to explore cross-cultural and interfaith understanding.
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19. From Agadir to Dakar
48 minTwo drivers trek 3,000 kilometres across the desert, risking life and limb to deliver a payload against the clock.
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20. The Hundred Million Dollar Home
48 minA Palestinian man stubbornly refuses to sell his Hebron home to Israeli buyers at any price.
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21. The Hunt for the Red Prince
48 minAli Hassan Salameh founded the Black September armed group that attacked 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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22. The Widows' Sanctuary
46 minIn the heart of Lebanon‘s second-largest city, a guest house has served for centuries as a refuge for widows who are unable to support themselves financially. 10/2/2018 46
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23. Living with Multiple Sclerosis in Egypt
48 minThousands of Egyptians suffer from multiple sclerosis but are often wrongly diagnosed or can't afford treatment.
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24. Gaddafi, Rendition and the West
48 minInvestigating allegations that the UK and US colluded with Gaddafi to hand over his opponents for detention and torture.
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25. Abraham Serfaty: Morocco's Mandela
48 minMoroccan dissident Abraham Serfaty was jailed, tortured and exiled for his radical views over decades.
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26. Who Killed Robert Kennedy?
47 minMore than 50 years on, questions about witness testimony, hidden evidence and true identity of Kennedy's killer remain.
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27. Edward Said: Out of Place
48 minA look at the life and career of the influential post-colonial writer and champion of the Palestinian cause in the West.
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28. A New Lease of Life
48 minLebanese and Moroccans reflect on life after retirement, as they pursue their passions in art, music, and literature.
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29. Beirut's Refugee Artists
47 minThe poignant refugee stories of an Iraqi artist, a Syrian screenwriter and a Palestinian filmmaker in Lebanon.
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30. The Tunisian Drone Engineer
47 minTwo years after the Hamas engineer's assassination, Tunisia struggles to get the suspects extradited from the Balkans.
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