Broadcast date
2018-01-16 • 30 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. Don't Kill Him in Damascus
event 2018-01-16 • schedule 47m
The mysterious killing of Fathi Shaqaqi, the founder of the armed Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.
2. Lebanon: Living on the Blue Line
event 2018-01-23 • schedule 47m
The personal stories of villagers in southern Lebanon about living close to the border with neighbouring Israel.
3. The Diaspora Orchestra
event 2018-01-30 • schedule 48m
Musicians from all around the world revive the Palestine National Orchestra and perform in the occupied territories.
4. Journalism Is Not a Crime
event 2018-02-20 • schedule 45m
Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein continues to be detained without trial in Egypt since December 2016.
5. The Great Population Exchange
event 2018-02-27 • schedule 48m
The lasting legacy of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
6. In the Ruins of a Dream
event 2018-03-13 • schedule 48m
Five Syrians reflect on the devastation wrought on their homes, some of which took a lifetime to build.
7. May Ziade: Arab Feminist Writer
event 2018-03-20 • schedule 47m
Exploring Ziade's complex life, her effort to emancipate women, and her platonic relationship with poet Khalil Gibran.
8. Time Out
event 2018-04-03 • schedule 47m
After the civil war, the basketball court became a new battleground of sectarian divisions between Lebanon's top teams.
9. Egypt's Women Street Sellers
event 2018-05-08 • schedule 44m
The stories of five Egyptian village women supporting their entire families by selling local produce in the markets.
10. Witness From the East
event 2018-05-22 • schedule 48m
While 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.
11. The Last Nomads of Morocco
event 2018-05-29 • schedule 48m
Morocco's nomadic tribes are gradually giving up their traditional way of life to offer their children formal education.
12. Paris: A Divided City
event 2018-06-05 • schedule 47m
An investigation into the complex questions of identity and alienation in disadvantaged suburbs of Paris.
13. Lebanon: Single by Choice
event 2018-06-19 • schedule 48m
Why are so many Lebanese women single? Five women share their stories of love, life and marriage in Lebanon.
14. Seven Days in Beirut
event 2018-06-26 • schedule 48m
A British-Italian man spends one week in a Palestinian refugee camp where thousands have lived, stateless, since 1948.
15. Shahira: My Syrian Friend
event 2018-07-03 • schedule 48m
The story of an unusual friendship between a Lebanese filmmaker and a young Syrian refugee girl.
16. Truck Attack in Nice
event 2018-07-10 • schedule 45m
French Muslim families who lost loved ones in the Nice truck attack struggle with bereavement and Islamophobia.
17. Senegal's Sinking Villages
event 2018-07-24 • schedule 48m
Global climate change and an engineering 'quick fix' have created an ecological disaster on Senegal's Atlantic coast.
18. Andalusia: Lessons in Life
event 2018-07-31 • schedule 44m
A university teacher leads a group of students to Andalusia to explore cross-cultural and interfaith understanding.
19. From Agadir to Dakar
event 2018-08-14 • schedule 48m
Two drivers trek 3,000 kilometres across the desert, risking life and limb to deliver a payload against the clock.
20. The Hundred Million Dollar Home
event 2018-09-04 • schedule 48m
A Palestinian man stubbornly refuses to sell his Hebron home to Israeli buyers at any price.
21. The Hunt for the Red Prince
event 2018-09-11 • schedule 48m
Ali Hassan Salameh founded the Black September armed group that attacked 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
22. The Widows' Sanctuary
event 2018-10-02 • schedule 46m
In 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
23. Living with Multiple Sclerosis in Egypt
event 2018-10-09 • schedule 48m
Thousands of Egyptians suffer from multiple sclerosis but are often wrongly diagnosed or can't afford treatment.
24. Gaddafi, Rendition and the West
event 2018-10-16 • schedule 48m
Investigating allegations that the UK and US colluded with Gaddafi to hand over his opponents for detention and torture.
25. Abraham Serfaty: Morocco's Mandela
event 2018-11-06 • schedule 48m
Moroccan dissident Abraham Serfaty was jailed, tortured and exiled for his radical views over decades.
26. Who Killed Robert Kennedy?
event 2018-11-13 • schedule 47m
More than 50 years on, questions about witness testimony, hidden evidence and true identity of Kennedy's killer remain.
27. Edward Said: Out of Place
event 2018-11-20 • schedule 48m
A look at the life and career of the influential post-colonial writer and champion of the Palestinian cause in the West.
28. A New Lease of Life
event 2018-11-27 • schedule 48m
Lebanese and Moroccans reflect on life after retirement, as they pursue their passions in art, music, and literature.
29. Beirut's Refugee Artists
event 2018-12-04 • schedule 47m
The poignant refugee stories of an Iraqi artist, a Syrian screenwriter and a Palestinian filmmaker in Lebanon.
30. The Tunisian Drone Engineer
event 2018-12-11 • schedule 47m
Two years after the Hamas engineer's assassination, Tunisia struggles to get the suspects extradited from the Balkans.
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