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Season 5

2015

2015

Season 5

2015

  • Air date:2015-01-14
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  • Number of episodes:36

List of Episodes

Trapped in Yemen
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Air date: 2015-01-14

Runtime: 48 min

Fleeing from civil war since 1991, Somalis are confronted by poverty and abuse as they seek refuge in Yemen.

Return to Morocco
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Air date: 2015-01-21

Runtime: 48 min

The story of Morocco's Jewish community told from the perspective of those who have left, stayed or are now returning.

The Deportees
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Air date: 2015-01-27

Runtime: 47 min

The stories of Palestinians deported from Israel between 1977 and 2012, their lives in exile and their longing for home.

Ultras
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Air date: 2015-02-03

Runtime: 48 min

How Egypt's most devoted football fans became a major protest group during their country's revolution and the aftermath.

The Wooden Rifle
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Air date: 2015-02-17

Runtime: 48 min

Five Lebanese in Beirut reflect on how their lives have been affected by their country's civil war in the 1970s and 80s.

Ahalil: Music of the Red Oasis
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Air date: 2015-02-24

Runtime: 45 min

The music of the Algerian Sahara, known as Ahalil, is a key part of a way of life that has survived for centuries.

Death of Aleppo
S5E7
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Air date: 2015-03-25

Runtime: 46 min

The everyday lives of Aleppo residents amid the ongoing conflict and destruction.

From Riches to Rags
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Air date: 2015-03-31

Runtime: 46 min

The stories of three Iraqi women, forced to seek refuge in Jordan where their new lives have proved very tough indeed.

Jerusalem: Hitting Home
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Air date: 2015-04-07

Runtime: 45 min

In East Jerusalem, Palestinians whose houses are declared illegal by Israel are being forced to raze their own homes.

People of the Nile
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Air date: 2015-04-14

Runtime: 45 min

Two families live and work on small fishing boats but dream of one day living on dry land.

Britain's First Yemenis
S5E11
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Air date: 2015-04-28

Runtime: 45 min

The story of one the UK's oldest Muslim communities – and the challenges facing their British-Arab descendants today.

Cover Story
S5E12
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Air date: 2015-05-05

Runtime: 44 min

An insight into the glamorous world of hijabi fashion and how it reflects social change in Turkey.

Born in '48
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Air date: 2015-05-26

Runtime: 48 min

Five women, Israeli and Palestinian, born in the same year but irreconcilably divided by history and events.

Women of Krusha
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Air date: 2015-06-02

Runtime: 46 min

The story of how the women of a Kosovan village rebuilt their lives after many of their men were killed in 1999.

Istanbul My Dream
S5E15
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Air date: 2015-06-09

Runtime: 44 min

The story of four African immigrants who dream of stardom and celebrity in their new home.

Palestine Divided
S5E16
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Air date: 2015-06-16

Runtime: 46 min

The story of the Palestinian people's split between Gaza Strip and the West Bank and its impact on families and freedom.

The Road to Sanaa
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Air date: 2015-06-23

Runtime: 48 min

A story of political skulduggery in Yemen and the high cost to the presidency of alleged collusion with the Houthis.

Ramadan in Kenya
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Air date: 2015-06-30

Runtime: 46 min

An intimate look at the holy month of Ramadan through the eyes of Muslims living in a predominantly Christian country.

The Child Minders
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Air date: 2015-07-21

Runtime: 44 min

Educated women from the former Soviet republics work as nannies in Turkey to support their families back home.

Nollywood
S5E20
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Air date: 2015-07-28

Runtime: 48 min

The story behind Nigeria's domestic movie industry, the second biggest producer of films in the world.

Gaza: Human Shields
S5E21
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Air date: 2015-08-11

Runtime: 46 min

We hear from Palestinians who were allegedly used as human shields by the Israeli army during the 2014 Gaza war.

Dalit Muslims of India
S5E22
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Air date: 2015-09-01

Runtime: 43 min

In a bid to escape poverty and caste discrimination, some Hindu Dalits are converting to Islam and other faiths.

The Mother Refugees
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Air date: 2015-09-08

Runtime: 46 min

Four women refugees in Lebanon who have spent years raising their children in camps, hope one day to return home.

Exile in New Caledonia
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Air date: 2015-09-15

Runtime: 47 min

The untold story of Algerians deported by France to the Pacific island in the 1870s and their descendants today.

Rwanda: From Hatred to Reconciliation
S5E25
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Air date: 2015-09-29

Runtime: 48 min

The story of the 1994 Rwandan genocide told through the prism of the media, exploring their role then and today.

Guns in Switzerland
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Air date: 2015-10-06

Runtime: 48 min

Al Jazeera World looks at the neutral nation's entrenched gun culture and the debate about the right to carry weapons.

Noam Chomsky: Knowledge and Power
S5E27
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Air date: 2015-10-13

Runtime: 48 min

An in-depth look at the work and views of the man described as 'one of the greatest minds in human history'.

Seeing Isn't Everything
S5E28
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Air date: 2015-10-20

Runtime: 43 min

Four blind people living in Istanbul challenge social perceptions about what it means to live without sight.

From Lebanon to Africa
S5E29
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Air date: 2015-10-27

Runtime: 46 min

Generations of Lebanese migrants call Africa home. We look at their achievements, challenges and search for identity.

Jerusalem: Dividing al-Aqsa
S5E30
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Air date: 2015-11-10

Runtime: 47 min

Why the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, of great significance to both Muslims and Jews, remains an ongoing point of tension.

Libya's Forgotten King (1)
S5E31
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Air date: 2015-11-17

Runtime: 47 min

The story of King Idris I, who unified Libya and became its first king in 1951 before being toppled by Gaddafi in 1969.

Libya's Forgotten King (2)
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Air date: 2015-11-24

Runtime: 43 min

Concluding the story of King Idris I, who unified Libya and became its first king in 1951 before being toppled by Gaddafi in 1969.

The Mosque of West Amsterdam
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Air date: 2015-12-01

Runtime: 47 min

The mosque that has tested both the resilience of the Turkish community and multiculturalism in the Netherlands.

Marriage and Divorce in Morocco
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Air date: 2015-12-08

Runtime: 48 min

The human stories behind the Moroccan family code which has led the way in changing marriage and divorce laws.

Bulgaria, My Land
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Air date: 2015-12-22

Runtime: 45 min

Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish community, persecuted and even deported last century, continues its fight for recognition.

The Retirement Trap
S5E36
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Air date: 2015-12-29

Runtime: 48 min

The story of Moroccan pensioners in Europe and their attempts to address pension injustice and 'retirement apartheid'.

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