S2017 E1 • Divorce in Lebanon

The stories of five Lebanese women struggling with the complex systems of divorce within a multi-faith community.

Première diffusion : 17 janvier 2017

S2017 E2 • ISIL in Brussels

We investigate the ISIL cell responsible for the attacks in Paris and Brussels.

Première diffusion : 24 janvier 2017

S2017 E3 • Family Album

Lebanese and Egyptians discover their family history through old photos and tales of the studios where they were taken.

Première diffusion : 7 février 2017

S2017 E4 • Lost Time: Palestinian prisoners in Israel

The poignant stories of Palestinian prisoners in Israel and the effects of imprisonment on them and their families.

Première diffusion : 14 février 2017

S2017 E5 • King Hussein of Jordan: Survival of a dynasty

The life and struggles of King Hussein of Jordan, from the assassination of his grandfather to the rise of the PLO.

Première diffusion : 21 février 2017

S2017 E6 • King Hussein Of Jordan: On A Knife Edge

The story of Jordan's king from 1952 to 1999, a major political figure in the cauldron of the Middle East and never far from a crisis at home and abroad (2/2)

Première diffusion : 28 février 2017

S2017 E7 • Syria: The Roots of Tyranny

The story of Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj who used fear and torture to turn 1950s Syria into a police state.

Première diffusion : 14 mars 2017

S2017 E8 • A Somali In America

"A Somali in America" documents the experience of Ali Warsame, a Somali refugee who gained residency in the United States in 2015, but is re-assessing his new life now that Donald Trump is president. While in a detention camp in Ukraine, Ali was told he'd be moving to the US through the United Nations refugee resettlement programme. Ali remembers getting the official notification on Eid Day in 2013: "In my life, I never thought that I will be in the USA," he says, because many others before him had been rejected. He moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2013 and began a new life with his housemates, Prince and Sadik, who had had their own difficult and dangerous journeys getting there.

Première diffusion : 21 mars 2017

S2017 E9 • Passport to Freedom

The stories of Syrians, Iraqis and Egyptians seeking passports from other countries and emigrating to Georgia, Turkey and Canada since the 2011 Arab Spring.

Première diffusion : 28 mars 2017

S2017 E10 • Village Under Occupation

The story of the Palestinian village of Qaryut in the Occupied West Bank, attacked by nearby Jewish settlers and designated an archaeological site by Israel.

Première diffusion : 4 avril 2017

S2017 E11 • Giving for Eternity

Waqf, an Islamic philanthropic tradition, was abolished in Tunisia in 1957. Now, there are calls to restore it. Giving to charity is a central tenet of Islam. One form of giving is Waqf, a tradition of permanently endowing property dating back to the time of the Prophet Muhammad. In Tunisia, Waqf has had a long and, at times, controversial history.

Première diffusion : 5 avril 2017

S2017 E12 • Young French Arabs: Identity, Equality, Fraternity

Parisians, many of Arab descent, have been marching in the streets of the capital in protest at Israel's treatment of the Palestinians, in blockaded Gaza and the Occupied West Bank. Paris is a cosmopolitan city and certain areas of France are extremely ethnically diverse. Some cities like Marseille have large Muslim, immigrant populations and while the figures are much lower for the capital, the question of identity is now a burning issue for many young people whose parents emigrated from the MENA region in the 1960s and 70s. France today is arguably still quite mono-cultural. Nationalism is on the rise across Europe and Marine Le Pen of the right-wing National Front is a leading contender in the upcoming presidential elections. The hijab is banned in high schools and government offices, as is the burkini on some beaches. This film is about the combined effect of growing Islamophobia, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the plight of the Palestinians and the 2011 Arab revolutions on the young middle and working class from immigrant backgrounds.

Première diffusion : 18 avril 2017

S2017 E13 • Return To Arms

A rare and exclusive insight into an Iranian Kurdish political party in exile in northern Iraq which has recently renewed its military activity. In this film, Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Salam Hindawi gains access to the little-known but long-established Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan - or Hadaka, to use its Kurdish name. Hadaka was founded in 1945 and is a left-wing group that wants Kurdish self-determination in Iran. In 1946, it briefly created a Kurdish republic in the western Iranian city of Mahabad, but when this was overturned a year later, Hadaka almost disappeared as a political entity. However, it managed to survive and was reorganised in the 1960s. It took part in the Iranian revolution in 1979, but Ayatollah Khomeini refused Kurdish demands, suppressed Kurdish political parties and forced Hadaka into exile.

Première diffusion : 25 avril 2017

S2017 E14 • Islamophobia In The USA

An investigation into who and what's behind the rise of anti-Islamic feeling in the US - what they think, how they operate and where their funding comes from.

Première diffusion : 2 mai 2017

S2017 E15 • Bosnia: The Camp

Survivors of the Omarska concentration camp tell chilling personal stories of their incarceration and ill-treatment at the start of the Bosnian War in 1992.

Première diffusion : 9 mai 2017

S2017 E16 • Lebanon: The Battle Of Abra

Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Tamer Almisshal investigates a confrontation in 2013 that highlights the serious tensions in Lebanese politics, the rise and role of Hezbollah, the emergence of Salafi-inspired groups and the depth of the country’s continuing sectarian divide. What became known as the Battle of Abra is supposed to have begun with the killing of three soldiers in an attack by armed supporters of the conservative Sunni cleric Ahmed al-Assir. They’re alleged to have attacked an army checkpoint in Sidon’s Abra neighbourhood on June 23, 2013. Two days of intense fighting followed, resulting in the deaths of at least 17 Lebanese soldiers, more than an estimated 30 of al-Assir’s supporters, two civilians and (according to some accounts) two men associated with Hezbollah. The fighting was the culmination of tension which had been building for the previous year, with al-Assir seemingly always at the centre of the storm. Accounts of the Battle of Abra vary but nearly four years on, the question as to who really fired the first shot still seems to remain unanswered. Al-Assir’s supporters accuse Hezbollah of provoking it - and the Lebanese army of denying the armed Shia faction was involved at all.

Première diffusion : 23 mai 2017

S2017 E17 • A Fish Out Of Water

The story of Madeleine, a teenage Palestinian girl forced to take over the family fishing business when her father is badly injured in an Israeli attack.

Première diffusion : 30 mai 2017

S2017 E18 • Fighters To Bikers

The story of four bikers who fought on different sides of the Lebanese Civil War finding friendship and a common cause in the local Harley Davidson Club.

Première diffusion : 6 juin 2017

S2017 E19 • Libya's Shifting Sands: Derna

Libya's Shifting Sands is a two-part series that offers a rare glimpse into the fight against The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in two strategically important cities of Derna and Sirte.

Première diffusion : 20 juin 2017

S2017 E20 • Libya's Shifting Sands: Sirte

Première diffusion : 27 juin 2017

S2017 E21 • Gaza: Surviving Shujayea

How a young girl was rescued from the rubble of her home in Shujayea after an Israeli bomb killed most of her family.

Première diffusion : 1 août 2017

S2017 E22 • The Rohingya: Silent Abuse

Denied citizenship, forced from their homes, and subjected to cruelty; we investigate the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya.

Première diffusion : 8 août 2017

S2017 E23 • Syrian Turkmen: Fighting to Survive

The story of Syria's Turkmen minority, their persecution under the Assad regime and struggle to survive the ongoing war.

Première diffusion : 15 août 2017

S2017 E24 • Israel's Volunteer Soldiers

What drives foreign nationals to join the Israeli army, both as paid soldiers and unpaid volunteers?

Première diffusion : 22 août 2017

S2017 E25 • Horses Of Misfortune

The story of two Moroccan men so obsessed with betting on horses that it has split their families and ruined their lives.

Première diffusion : 5 septembre 2017

S2017 E26 • Oman's Sailing Stars

How four young Omani women sailors challenge stereotypes and push the limits to represent their country internationally.

Première diffusion : 20 septembre 2017

S2017 E27 • Egypt: Made In China

The story of the Chinese community in Egypt which has grown exponentially in the past 20 years with an increase of import-export businesses and overall trade.

Première diffusion : 3 octobre 2017

S2017 E28 • The Beirut Spy

The story of Shula Cohen, aka The Pearl, who spied for the Israelis in Lebanon for 14 years. When Shula Cohen was arrested for espionage in 1961, Beirut society was shocked. How could such an elegant, classy, high society woman turn out to be an Israeli spy? Shulami, "Shula", Cohen was born of Jewish parents in Argentina and grew up in Israel. At 16, she was married off to a wealthy Lebanese Jewish businessman, Josef Kishik, and moved to Beirut.

Première diffusion : 17 octobre 2017

S2017 E29 • Balfour: Seeds of Discord

A hundred years since Britain's infamous declaration, its repercussions are still felt across the Middle East today. The Balfour Declaration was a public promise by the British government during World War One, announcing support for the establishment of "a national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. Palestine was still a part of the Ottoman Empire at the time, with a minority Jewish population.

Première diffusion : 2 novembre 2017

S2017 E30 • Sperm Smugglers

How Palestinians serving long sentences in Israeli jails enable their wives to conceive in their absence using IVF.

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 2017

S2017 E31 • Egypt: Hasaballah, the People's Music

How a legendary Cairo brass band gave birth to an entire musical genre, which still resonates with Egyptians today.

Première diffusion : 14 novembre 2017

S2017 E32 • Yemen: The North-South Divide

The ongoing war in Yemen and chronic humanitarian crisis are deeply rooted in the country’s turbulent history.

Première diffusion : 8 décembre 2017

S2017 E33 • Lebanon: The Refugees' Midwife

The human impact of the Syrian war through the eyes of a Lebanese midwife helping pregnant Syrian refugees give birth.

Première diffusion : 19 décembre 2017