2022 • 23 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1 • Jan 25, 2022
Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.
Episode 2 • Feb 01, 2022
A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.
Episode 3 • Feb 08, 2022
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
Episode 4 • Feb 15, 2022
An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.
Episode 5 • Mar 01, 2022
The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.
Episode 6 • Apr 26, 2022
A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.
Episode 7 • May 03, 2022
Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.
Episode 8 • May 17, 2022
Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?
Episode 9 • May 24, 2022
Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.
Episode 10 • May 31, 2022
The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.
Episode 11 • Jun 07, 2022
A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.
Episode 12 • Jun 14, 2022
The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.
Episode 13 • Jun 21, 2022
The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.
Episode 14 • Jul 19, 2022
The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.
Episode 15 • Aug 02, 2022
The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.
Episode 16 • Aug 09, 2022
The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.
Episode 17 • Aug 16, 2022
The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.
Episode 18 • Sep 13, 2022
Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.
Episode 19 • Sep 27, 2022
In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?
Episode 20 • Oct 04, 2022
Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.
Episode 21 • Oct 18, 2022
The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.
Episode 22 • Oct 25, 2022
The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.
Episode 23 • Nov 01, 2022
Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.