2022
23 episodes · 2022
1The Sacred Woods
Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.
2Palestine 1920
A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.
3Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
4The Colours of Home
An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.
5Visa for a Stray Dog
The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.
6Turkey's Senkaya Bus
A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.
7Songs of the Gulf
Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.
8Austria: Operation Luxor
Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?
9An American in My Home
Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.
10Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker
The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.
11Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist
A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.
12Painting in the Dark
The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.
13Al 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.
14Hany El Banna: The Giving Business
The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.
15The 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.
16The 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.
17The 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.
18Arab Love Songs
Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.
19Who 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?
20The Colours of Healing
Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.
21Tam Tam Basketball
The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.
22The Kabul Bank Crash
The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.
23Maradona in Naples
Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.
