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.