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January 25, 2022

2022

01. The Sacred Woods

Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.

47min
January 25, 2022

02. Palestine 1920

A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.

48min
February 1, 2022

03. Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists

We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.

47min
February 8, 2022

04. The Colours of Home

An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.

47min
February 15, 2022

05. Visa for a Stray Dog

The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.

47min
March 1, 2022

06. Turkey's Senkaya Bus

A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.

46min
April 26, 2022

07. Songs of the Gulf

Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.

47min
May 3, 2022

08. Austria: Operation Luxor

Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?

46min
May 17, 2022

09. An American in My Home

Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.

46min
May 24, 2022

10. Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker

The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.

47min
May 31, 2022

11. Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist

A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.

43min
June 7, 2022

12. Painting in the Dark

The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.

46min
June 14, 2022

13. Al 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.

46min
June 21, 2022

14. Hany El Banna: The Giving Business

The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.

47min
July 19, 2022

15. The 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.

47min
August 2, 2022

16. The 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.

47min
August 9, 2022

17. The 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.

48min
August 16, 2022

18. Arab Love Songs

Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.

47min
September 13, 2022

19. Who 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?

48min
September 27, 2022

20. The Colours of Healing

Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.

45min
October 4, 2022

21. Tam Tam Basketball

The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.

47min
October 18, 2022

22. The Kabul Bank Crash

The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.

47min
October 25, 2022

23. Maradona in Naples

Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.

48min
November 1, 2022