Al Jazeera World2022Season 12 · 2022 · 23 episodesEpisodes1The Sacred WoodsYoung men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.2Palestine 1920A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.3Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and SurrealistsWe explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.4The Colours of HomeAn artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.5Visa for a Stray DogThe story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.6Turkey's Senkaya BusA local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.7Songs of the GulfFour songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.8Austria: Operation LuxorRaids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?9An American in My HomeTwo female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.10Med Hondo: Rebel African FilmmakerThe African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.11Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the ScientistA Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.12Painting in the DarkThe inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.13Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of CoupsThe rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.14Hany El Banna: The Giving BusinessThe founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.15The Sixties in the Arab World (1): PoliticsThe first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.16The Sixties in the Arab World (2): CultureThe second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.17The Sixties in the Arab World (3): SocietyThe third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.18Arab Love SongsFour unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.19Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at HomeIn 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?20The Colours of HealingEgyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.21Tam Tam BasketballThe team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.22The Kabul Bank CrashThe inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.23Maradona in NaplesDiego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 13Season 14
