Al Jazeera World
Al Jazeera World: Season 12

Air Date

January 25, 2022

Episodes

23 episodes

Al Jazeera World

Season 12

Episodes

The Sacred Woods

1. The Sacred Woods

January 25, 2022
47 min

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

Palestine 1920

2. Palestine 1920

February 1, 2022
48 min

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

Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists

3. Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists

February 8, 2022
47 min

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

The Colours of Home

4. The Colours of Home

February 15, 2022
47 min

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

Visa for a Stray Dog

5. Visa for a Stray Dog

March 1, 2022
47 min

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

Turkey's Senkaya Bus

6. Turkey's Senkaya Bus

April 26, 2022
46 min

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

Songs of the Gulf

7. Songs of the Gulf

May 3, 2022
47 min

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

Austria: Operation Luxor

8. Austria: Operation Luxor

May 17, 2022
46 min

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

An American in My Home

9. An American in My Home

May 24, 2022
46 min

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

Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker

10. Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker

May 31, 2022
47 min

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

Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist

11. Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist

June 7, 2022
43 min

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

Painting in the Dark

12. Painting in the Dark

June 14, 2022
46 min

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

Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of Coups

13. Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of Coups

June 21, 2022
46 min

The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.

Hany El Banna: The Giving Business

14. Hany El Banna: The Giving Business

July 19, 2022
47 min

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

The Sixties in the Arab World (1): Politics

15. The Sixties in the Arab World (1): Politics

August 2, 2022
47 min

The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.

The Sixties in the Arab World (2): Culture

16. The Sixties in the Arab World (2): Culture

August 9, 2022
47 min

The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.

The Sixties in the Arab World (3): Society

17. The Sixties in the Arab World (3): Society

August 16, 2022
48 min

The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.

Arab Love Songs

18. Arab Love Songs

September 13, 2022
47 min

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

Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at Home

19. Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at Home

September 27, 2022
48 min

In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?

The Colours of Healing

20. The Colours of Healing

October 4, 2022
45 min

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

Tam Tam Basketball

21. Tam Tam Basketball

October 18, 2022
47 min

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

The Kabul Bank Crash

22. The Kabul Bank Crash

October 25, 2022
47 min

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

Maradona in Naples

23. Maradona in Naples

November 1, 2022
48 min

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

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