Al Jazeera World (2011)

2022

A one-hour series showcasing documentary films from across the Al Jazeera Network.

Released June 29, 2011 Episode 50 min None+

Keywords: tmdb.middle-east, tmdb.mediterranean, tmdb.north-africa, tmdb.news, tmdb.current-affairs, tmdb.arab-culture, tmdb.near-east, tmdb.history

Network: Al Jazeera

Country: Qatar
Languages: English, Arabic

IMDb

7.2

/9/

Trakt

/5/

TMDb

S12E1 - The Sacred Woods

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

Jan. 25, 2022, midnight

S12E2 - Palestine 1920

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

Feb. 1, 2022, midnight

S12E3 - Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists

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

Feb. 8, 2022, midnight

S12E4 - The Colours of Home

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

Feb. 15, 2022, midnight

S12E5 - 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.

March 1, 2022, midnight

S12E6 - Turkey's Senkaya Bus

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

April 26, 2022, midnight

S12E7 - Songs of the Gulf

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

May 3, 2022, midnight

S12E8 - Austria: Operation Luxor

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

May 17, 2022, midnight

S12E9 - An American in My Home

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

May 24, 2022, midnight

S12E10 - Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker

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

May 31, 2022, midnight

S12E11 - Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist

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

June 7, 2022, midnight

S12E12 - Painting in the Dark

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

June 14, 2022, midnight

S12E13 - 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.

June 21, 2022, midnight

S12E14 - Hany El Banna: The Giving Business

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

July 19, 2022, midnight

S12E15 - 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.

Aug. 2, 2022, midnight

S12E16 - 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.

Aug. 9, 2022, midnight

S12E17 - 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.

Aug. 16, 2022, midnight

S12E18 - Arab Love Songs

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

Sept. 13, 2022, midnight

S12E19 - 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?

Sept. 27, 2022, midnight

S12E20 - The Colours of Healing

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

Oct. 4, 2022, midnight

S12E21 - Tam Tam Basketball

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

Oct. 18, 2022, midnight

S12E22 - The Kabul Bank Crash

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

Oct. 25, 2022, midnight

S12E23 - Maradona in Naples

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

Nov. 1, 2022, midnight

Network: Al Jazeera

Episode Runtime: 50 min.

Season Runtime: 50 min.

Released: June 29, 2011

Last Air Date: June 1, 2024, midnight

Status: Returning Series

Certification: NR

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