Broadcast date
2017-01-17 • 32 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. Divorce in Lebanon
event 2017-01-17 • schedule 48m
Five Lebanese women struggle with the complex systems of divorce within a multi-faith community.
2. ISIL in Brussels
event 2017-01-24 • schedule 44m
We investigate the ISIL cell responsible for the attacks in Paris and Brussels.
3. Family Album
event 2017-02-07 • schedule 47m
Lebanese and Egyptians discover their family history through old photos and tales of the studios where they were taken.
4. Lost Time
event 2017-02-14 • schedule 46m
The poignant stories of Palestinian prisoners in Israel and the effects of imprisonment on them and their families.
5. King Hussein of Jordan (1): Survival
event 2017-02-21 • schedule 48m
The life and struggles of King Hussein of Jordan, from the assassination of his grandfather to the rise of the PLO.
6. King Hussein of Jordan (2): On a Knife Edge
event 2017-02-28 • schedule 50m
The second half of King Hussein’s career, his relationship with Israel, the Palestinians, the Arab world and the West.
7. Syria: The Roots of Tyranny
event 2017-03-14 • schedule 48m
The story of Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj who used fear and torture to turn 1950s Syria into a police state.
8. A Somali in America
event 2017-03-21 • schedule 48m
Ali, a young Somali refugee in the US, re-assesses his new life under the Trump presidency.
9. Passport to Freedom
event 2017-03-28 • schedule 48m
The stories of Syrians, Iraqis and Egyptians emigrating and seeking dual nationality following the 2011 Arab Spring.
10. A Village Under Occupation
event 2017-04-04 • schedule 46m
The Palestinian village of Qaryut struggles to deal with attacks by nearby Israeli settlers.
11. Identity, Equality, Fraternity
event 2017-04-18 • schedule 48m
Young Parisians of Arab descent reflect on cultural identity, activism, the Arab Spring and the Palestinian cause.
12. Return to Arms: Hadaka
event 2017-04-25 • schedule 48m
A rare and exclusive insight into an Iranian Kurdish political party and paramilitary group in exile in northern Iraq.
13. Islamophobia in the USA
event 2017-05-02 • schedule 45m
Who and what is behind the rise of anti-Islamic sentiment in the United States?
14. Bosnia: The Camp
event 2017-05-09 • schedule 47m
Omarska concentration camp survivors tell chilling stories of their incarceration at the start of the Bosnian War.
15. The Battle of Abra
event 2017-05-23 • schedule 47m
We investigate an incident highlighting tensions in Lebanese politics, the role of Hezbollah, and the sectarian divide.
16. A Fish Out of Water
event 2017-05-30 • schedule 47m
Palestinian teenager Madeleine Kolab takes over her father's fishing business when he's injured in an Israeli attack.
17. Fighters to Bikers
event 2017-06-06 • schedule 48m
Four bikers who fought on different sides of the Lebanese civil war find friendship in the local Harley Davidson Club.
18. Libya's Shifting Sands (1): Derna
event 2017-06-20 • schedule 47m
Amid the chaos, weak border controls, and lack of effective government following the 2011 Arab Spring, ISIL gains a foothold in the eastern coastal city of Derna. After 10 months of fighting, the Libyan army and local armed groups succeed in pushing out ISIL, but interference by a former general and his private army affords them the opportunity to regroup.
19. Libya's Shifting Sands (2): Sirte
event 2017-06-27 • schedule 46m
After forcing ISIL from Derna, Libyan government-backed forces find themselves fighting ISIL in the central coastal city of Sirte, 850 kilometres west. A government victory here may also not end threats to the re-building of Libya and its future stability.
20. Gaza: Surviving Shujayea
event 2017-08-01 • schedule 48m
A young girl was rescued from the rubble of her home in Shujayea after an Israeli bomb killed most of her family.
21. The Rohingya: Silent Abuse
event 2017-08-08 • schedule 48m
Myanmar's Rohingya are denied citizenship, forced from their homes, and subjected to cruelty.
22. Syrian Turkmen: Fighting to Survive
event 2017-08-15 • schedule 47m
Syria's Turkmen minority, persecuted by the Assad regime, struggle to survive the ongoing war.
23. Israel's Volunteer Soldiers
event 2017-08-22 • schedule 44m
What drives foreign nationals to join the Israeli army, both as paid soldiers and unpaid volunteers?
24. Horses of Misfortune
event 2017-09-05 • schedule 44m
Two Moroccan men's obsession with betting on horses split their families apart.
25. Oman's Sailing Stars
event 2017-09-19 • schedule 45m
Four young Omani women sailors challenge stereotypes and push the limits to represent their country internationally.
26. Egypt: Made in China
event 2017-10-03 • schedule 47m
The Chinese community in Egypt has grown in recent years along with trade between the two countries.
27. The Beirut Spy
event 2017-10-17 • schedule 47m
Shula Cohen, aka The Pearl, spied for the Israelis in Lebanon for 14 years.
28. Balfour: Seeds of Discord
event 2017-10-31 • schedule 49m
Docudrama depicting historical events that led to the public statement issued by the British government in 1917 announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.
29. Sperm Smugglers
event 2017-11-07 • schedule 48m
Palestinians serving long sentences in Israeli jails enable their wives to conceive in their absence using IVF.
30. Hasaballah: The People's Music
event 2017-11-21 • schedule 46m
A legendary Cairo brass band gave birth to an entire musical genre which still resonates with Egyptians today.
31. Yemen: The North-South Divide
event 2017-12-08 • schedule 48m
The ongoing war in Yemen and chronic humanitarian crisis are deeply rooted in the country's turbulent history.
32. The Refugees' Midwife
event 2017-12-19 • schedule 48m
The human impact of the Syrian war through the eyes of a Lebanese midwife helping pregnant Syrian refugees give birth.
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