2021 • 30 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1 • Jan 05, 2021
How Israeli-made spyware Pegasus works, the hacking of journalists' phones and its ominous consequences.
Episode 2 • Jan 19, 2021
A filmmaker goes on trip to explore her Spanish heritage and learn about Moriscos, Christian Spaniards of Muslim origin.
Episode 3 • Feb 02, 2021
The history of Oman's dramatic rise and fall as a trading and imperial power, and its role in the Gulf today.
Episode 4 • Feb 09, 2021
The stories of five aspiring filmmakers in Morocco struggling to achieve success but united by a passion for their art.
Episode 5 • Feb 16, 2021
The stories behind four iconic cafés in Marrakesh, Cairo, Algiers and Hebron and their role in conversation and culture.
Episode 6 • Feb 23, 2021
Life in the shadow of an active volcano might be risky but people living near Mount Vesuvius in Italy are there to stay.
Episode 7 • Mar 02, 2021
Some risk sham marriages to obtain European residency for a partner – but the practice can have shattering consequences.
Episode 8 • Mar 09, 2021
Three teachers overcome considerable challenges to educate children in Morocco's windswept hinterland.
Episode 9 • Mar 23, 2021
A couple and their young child quit the rat race and join a minimalist movement, decluttering and living with less.
Episode 10 • Apr 06, 2021
A look at the case of Mirko Graorac, a Croatian Serb sentenced to 15 years for war crimes he may not have committed.
Episode 11 • Apr 27, 2021
A boy rescued from war in Gaza who is now a rescuer himself, and a Jordanian top rheumatologist in the US.
Episode 12 • May 25, 2021
A powerful look at football passion in Tunisia and Algeria and the tragic consequences when it boils over into violence.
Episode 13 • Jun 01, 2021
Exploring songs from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Sudan and the people, cultures and traditions behind them.
Episode 14 • Jun 08, 2021
Pirate radio stations like Radio Caroline and The Voice of Peace used their airwaves to challenge the status quo.
Episode 15 • Jun 22, 2021
Football is a passion in Chad but the national team has yet to qualify for top African and world tournaments.
Episode 16 • Jun 29, 2021
The remarkable stories of two Arab immigrants to Germany and the US – a logo designer and an atomic scientist.
Episode 17 • Jul 13, 2021
A prisoner exchange involving five years of negotiations through intermediaries on behalf of Hamas and Israel.
Episode 18 • Jul 24, 2021
The Somali women's football team fights cultural barriers and funding problems in a bid to represent the country.
Episode 19 • Aug 31, 2021
Personal, witness accounts of four historical events in Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia, including a riot over a movie.
Episode 20 • Sep 09, 2021
Behind the scenes of The Misfits, a movie scripted to tarnish a country's reputation but then overtaken by real events.
Episode 21 • Sep 14, 2021
Moroccan nomads meet a geologist and a rare stone dealer as they search for meteorites, elusive extra-terrestrial rocks.
Episode 22 • Sep 21, 2021
Creative connections between North African writers – Jean Genet and Mohamed Choukri plus Albert Camus and Kateb Yacine.
Episode 23 • Sep 28, 2021
Video inside Gaza towers shows residents and workers counting down to an Israeli missile attack while evacuating.
Episode 24 • Oct 15, 2021
A Tunisian family, once full of hope after the 2011 revolution, now struggles with poverty and some impossible choices.
Episode 25 • Oct 19, 2021
A Samaritan community in the occupied West Bank has more men than women so hopes Ukraine can solve its marriage crisis.
Episode 26 • Oct 26, 2021
Lake Retba helps tourism and its salt drives Senegal's economy, but there are environmental risks to its future.
Episode 27 • Nov 02, 2021
A film marking Al Jazeera's 25th anniversary, from its modest beginnings to becoming an international broadcaster.
Episode 28 • Nov 23, 2021
The little-known story of Palestinian Israeli crime gangs and the questions it raises about the Israeli police response.
Episode 29 • Nov 30, 2021
A gynaecologist volunteers to treat patients in conflict zones and places where there is little or no medical care.
Episode 30 • Dec 07, 2021
The success stories of a Palestinian political activist in Iceland and a Moroccan entrepreneur in the Netherlands.