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The stories of five Lebanese women struggling with the complex systems of divorce within a multi-faith community.
We investigate the ISIL cell responsible for the attacks in Paris and Brussels.
Lebanese and Egyptians discover their family history through old photos and tales of the studios where they were taken.
The poignant stories of Palestinian prisoners in Israel and the effects of imprisonment on them and their families.
The life and struggles of King Hussein of Jordan, from the assassination of his grandfather to the rise of the PLO.
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)
The story of Abdul Hamid al-Sarraj who used fear and torture to turn 1950s Syria into a police state.
"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.
The stories of Syrians, Iraqis and Egyptians seeking passports from other countries and emigrating to Georgia, Turkey and Canada since the 2011 Arab Spring.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How a young girl was rescued from the rubble of her home in Shujayea after an Israeli bomb killed most of her family.
Denied citizenship, forced from their homes, and subjected to cruelty; we investigate the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya.
The story of Syria's Turkmen minority, their persecution under the Assad regime and struggle to survive the ongoing war.
What drives foreign nationals to join the Israeli army, both as paid soldiers and unpaid volunteers?
The story of two Moroccan men so obsessed with betting on horses that it has split their families and ruined their lives.
How four young Omani women sailors challenge stereotypes and push the limits to represent their country internationally.
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.
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.
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.
How Palestinians serving long sentences in Israeli jails enable their wives to conceive in their absence using IVF.
How a legendary Cairo brass band gave birth to an entire musical genre, which still resonates with Egyptians today.
The ongoing war in Yemen and chronic humanitarian crisis are deeply rooted in the country’s turbulent history.
The human impact of the Syrian war through the eyes of a Lebanese midwife helping pregnant Syrian refugees give birth.
