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Season 8

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Season 8

2018

  • Air date:2018-01-16
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  • Number of episodes:30

List of Episodes

Don't Kill Him in Damascus
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Air date: 2018-01-16

Runtime: 47 min

The mysterious killing of Fathi Shaqaqi, the founder of the armed Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

Lebanon: Living on the Blue Line
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Air date: 2018-01-23

Runtime: 47 min

The personal stories of villagers in southern Lebanon about living close to the border with neighbouring Israel.

The Diaspora Orchestra
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Air date: 2018-01-30

Runtime: 48 min

Musicians from all around the world revive the Palestine National Orchestra and perform in the occupied territories.

Journalism Is Not a Crime
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Air date: 2018-02-20

Runtime: 45 min

Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein continues to be detained without trial in Egypt since December 2016.

The Great Population Exchange
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Air date: 2018-02-27

Runtime: 48 min

The lasting legacy of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

In the Ruins of a Dream
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Air date: 2018-03-13

Runtime: 48 min

Five Syrians reflect on the devastation wrought on their homes, some of which took a lifetime to build.

May Ziade: Arab Feminist Writer
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Air date: 2018-03-20

Runtime: 47 min

Exploring Ziade's complex life, her effort to emancipate women, and her platonic relationship with poet Khalil Gibran.

Time Out
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Air date: 2018-04-03

Runtime: 47 min

After the civil war, the basketball court became a new battleground of sectarian divisions between Lebanon's top teams.

Egypt's Women Street Sellers
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Air date: 2018-05-08

Runtime: 44 min

The stories of five Egyptian village women supporting their entire families by selling local produce in the markets.

Witness From the East
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Air date: 2018-05-22

Runtime: 48 min

While working on a kibbutz in 1967, a Japanese journalist discovers the hidden remains of a Palestinian village, changing his perspective and sparking a lifelong documentary project.

The Last Nomads of Morocco
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Air date: 2018-05-29

Runtime: 48 min

Morocco's nomadic tribes are gradually giving up their traditional way of life to offer their children formal education.

Paris: A Divided City
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Air date: 2018-06-05

Runtime: 47 min

An investigation into the complex questions of identity and alienation in disadvantaged suburbs of Paris.

Lebanon: Single by Choice
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Air date: 2018-06-19

Runtime: 48 min

Why are so many Lebanese women single? Five women share their stories of love, life and marriage in Lebanon.

Seven Days in Beirut
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Air date: 2018-06-26

Runtime: 48 min

A British-Italian man spends one week in a Palestinian refugee camp where thousands have lived, stateless, since 1948.

Shahira: My Syrian Friend
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Air date: 2018-07-03

Runtime: 48 min

The story of an unusual friendship between a Lebanese filmmaker and a young Syrian refugee girl.

Truck Attack in Nice
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Air date: 2018-07-10

Runtime: 45 min

French Muslim families who lost loved ones in the Nice truck attack struggle with bereavement and Islamophobia.

Senegal's Sinking Villages
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Air date: 2018-07-24

Runtime: 48 min

Global climate change and an engineering 'quick fix' have created an ecological disaster on Senegal's Atlantic coast.

Andalusia: Lessons in Life
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Air date: 2018-07-31

Runtime: 44 min

A university teacher leads a group of students to Andalusia to explore cross-cultural and interfaith understanding.

From Agadir to Dakar
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Air date: 2018-08-14

Runtime: 48 min

Two drivers trek 3,000 kilometres across the desert, risking life and limb to deliver a payload against the clock.

The Hundred Million Dollar Home
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Air date: 2018-09-04

Runtime: 48 min

A Palestinian man stubbornly refuses to sell his Hebron home to Israeli buyers at any price.

The Hunt for the Red Prince
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Air date: 2018-09-11

Runtime: 48 min

Ali Hassan Salameh founded the Black September armed group that attacked 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

The Widows' Sanctuary
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Air date: 2018-10-02

Runtime: 46 min

In the heart of Lebanon‘s second-largest city, a guest house has served for centuries as a refuge for widows who are unable to support themselves financially. 10/2/2018 46

Living with Multiple Sclerosis in Egypt
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Air date: 2018-10-09

Runtime: 48 min

Thousands of Egyptians suffer from multiple sclerosis but are often wrongly diagnosed or can't afford treatment.

Gaddafi, Rendition and the West
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Air date: 2018-10-16

Runtime: 48 min

Investigating allegations that the UK and US colluded with Gaddafi to hand over his opponents for detention and torture.

Abraham Serfaty: Morocco's Mandela
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Air date: 2018-11-06

Runtime: 48 min

Moroccan dissident Abraham Serfaty was jailed, tortured and exiled for his radical views over decades.

Who Killed Robert Kennedy?
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Air date: 2018-11-13

Runtime: 47 min

More than 50 years on, questions about witness testimony, hidden evidence and true identity of Kennedy's killer remain.

Edward Said: Out of Place
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Air date: 2018-11-20

Runtime: 48 min

A look at the life and career of the influential post-colonial writer and champion of the Palestinian cause in the West.

A New Lease of Life
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Air date: 2018-11-27

Runtime: 48 min

Lebanese and Moroccans reflect on life after retirement, as they pursue their passions in art, music, and literature.

Beirut's Refugee Artists
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Air date: 2018-12-04

Runtime: 47 min

The poignant refugee stories of an Iraqi artist, a Syrian screenwriter and a Palestinian filmmaker in Lebanon.

The Tunisian Drone Engineer
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Air date: 2018-12-11

Runtime: 47 min

Two years after the Hamas engineer's assassination, Tunisia struggles to get the suspects extradited from the Balkans.

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