2018

2018 (2018)


Episodes: 30

Star Cast:



Episodes List

Ep.1 Don't Kill Him in Damascus

Air Date: 2018-01-16

The mysterious killing of Fathi Shaqaqi, the founder of the armed Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

Ep.2 Lebanon: Living on the Blue Line

Air Date: 2018-01-23

The personal stories of villagers in southern Lebanon about living close to the border with neighbouring Israel.

Ep.3 The Diaspora Orchestra

Air Date: 2018-01-30

Musicians from all around the world revive the Palestine National Orchestra and perform in the occupied territories.

Ep.4 Journalism Is Not a Crime

Air Date: 2018-02-20

Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein continues to be detained without trial in Egypt since December 2016.

Ep.5 The Great Population Exchange

Air Date: 2018-02-27

The lasting legacy of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Ep.6 In the Ruins of a Dream

Air Date: 2018-03-13

Five Syrians reflect on the devastation wrought on their homes, some of which took a lifetime to build.

Ep.7 May Ziade: Arab Feminist Writer

Air Date: 2018-03-20

Exploring Ziade's complex life, her effort to emancipate women, and her platonic relationship with poet Khalil Gibran.

Ep.8 Time Out

Air Date: 2018-04-03

After the civil war, the basketball court became a new battleground of sectarian divisions between Lebanon's top teams.

Ep.9 Egypt's Women Street Sellers

Air Date: 2018-05-08

The stories of five Egyptian village women supporting their entire families by selling local produce in the markets.

Ep.10 Witness From the East

Air Date: 2018-05-22

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.

Ep.11 The Last Nomads of Morocco

Air Date: 2018-05-29

Morocco's nomadic tribes are gradually giving up their traditional way of life to offer their children formal education.

Ep.12 Paris: A Divided City

Air Date: 2018-06-05

An investigation into the complex questions of identity and alienation in disadvantaged suburbs of Paris.

Ep.13 Lebanon: Single by Choice

Air Date: 2018-06-19

Why are so many Lebanese women single? Five women share their stories of love, life and marriage in Lebanon.

Ep.14 Seven Days in Beirut

Air Date: 2018-06-26

A British-Italian man spends one week in a Palestinian refugee camp where thousands have lived, stateless, since 1948.

Ep.15 Shahira: My Syrian Friend

Air Date: 2018-07-03

The story of an unusual friendship between a Lebanese filmmaker and a young Syrian refugee girl.

Ep.16 Truck Attack in Nice

Air Date: 2018-07-10

French Muslim families who lost loved ones in the Nice truck attack struggle with bereavement and Islamophobia.

Ep.17 Senegal's Sinking Villages

Air Date: 2018-07-24

Global climate change and an engineering 'quick fix' have created an ecological disaster on Senegal's Atlantic coast.

Ep.18 Andalusia: Lessons in Life

Air Date: 2018-07-31

A university teacher leads a group of students to Andalusia to explore cross-cultural and interfaith understanding.

Ep.19 From Agadir to Dakar

Air Date: 2018-08-14

Two drivers trek 3,000 kilometres across the desert, risking life and limb to deliver a payload against the clock.

Ep.20 The Hundred Million Dollar Home

Air Date: 2018-09-04

A Palestinian man stubbornly refuses to sell his Hebron home to Israeli buyers at any price.

Ep.21 The Hunt for the Red Prince

Air Date: 2018-09-11

Ali Hassan Salameh founded the Black September armed group that attacked 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Ep.22 The Widows' Sanctuary

Air Date: 2018-10-02

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

Ep.23 Living with Multiple Sclerosis in Egypt

Air Date: 2018-10-09

Thousands of Egyptians suffer from multiple sclerosis but are often wrongly diagnosed or can't afford treatment.

Ep.24 Gaddafi, Rendition and the West

Air Date: 2018-10-16

Investigating allegations that the UK and US colluded with Gaddafi to hand over his opponents for detention and torture.

Ep.25 Abraham Serfaty: Morocco's Mandela

Air Date: 2018-11-06

Moroccan dissident Abraham Serfaty was jailed, tortured and exiled for his radical views over decades.

Ep.26 Who Killed Robert Kennedy?

Air Date: 2018-11-13

More than 50 years on, questions about witness testimony, hidden evidence and true identity of Kennedy's killer remain.

Ep.27 Edward Said: Out of Place

Air Date: 2018-11-20

A look at the life and career of the influential post-colonial writer and champion of the Palestinian cause in the West.

Ep.28 A New Lease of Life

Air Date: 2018-11-27

Lebanese and Moroccans reflect on life after retirement, as they pursue their passions in art, music, and literature.

Ep.29 Beirut's Refugee Artists

Air Date: 2018-12-04

The poignant refugee stories of an Iraqi artist, a Syrian screenwriter and a Palestinian filmmaker in Lebanon.

Ep.30 The Tunisian Drone Engineer

Air Date: 2018-12-11

Two years after the Hamas engineer's assassination, Tunisia struggles to get the suspects extradited from the Balkans.