Watch a selection of Witness documentaries from the Middle East.
A selection of previous Witness documentaries from the Middle East can be watched here in full.
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| Leaving al-Tanf
After years of living in the grim conditions of a desert camp, Palestinian refugees move on. | |
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An Eye for an Eye
One Iranian woman’s fight for retribution after being blinded by an acid attack.
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| The Peacemaker
One man is determined to bring peace to Yemen’s warring tribes – even if he dies trying. | |
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Salam Father
One Iraqis bid to learn why his father died re-unites him with his family and birthplace.
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| Made in Palestine
A look at the last remaining factory in the West Bank producing the iconic keffiyeh. | |
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Ramallah TV
A look at what Palestinians watch on television while the world watches them.
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| The Poet of Baghdad
An extraordinary look at an Iraqi poet’s story of love and longing in exile. | |
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No Longer Achmad
A young Bedouin torn between Jewish society and loyalty to Arab traditions.
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| Last days of Arafat
How a journalist got the last interview with the iconic Palestinian leader. | |
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The Dumpster Diver
An Israeli ‘garbage archeologist’ chronicles the history of Tel Aviv.
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| Myths and Medicine
Some societies still regard mental illness as an evil curse rather than a medical problem. | |
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Patches
A woman’s bid to bring grieving families together to remember their lost loved ones.
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| Baghdad, City of Walls
An insight into post-war Baghdad and the walls that divide its inhabitants. | |
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The Guardian of Eden
How one sheikh is struggling to preserve a 5,000-year-old way of life.
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| City of Widows
Witness follows Zahra’s desperate search for her kidnapped husband. | |
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Accidental Hero
A rare glimpse into the lives of the men who keep Iraq’s oil flowing.
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| Fighter in Adhamiya
A film about a boxing academy and life in Baghdad’s most dangerous district. | |
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Vanished
Aban Elias, a US citizen of Iraqi origin, was kidnapped in Iraq in 2004.
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| Return to Iraq
Rageh Omaar returns to Iraq five years after reporting on the US-led invasion. | |
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Stolen Dreams
Iraqi artists who were forced to flee their war-torn country seek ways to express hope.
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| Theatrical Therapist
A new approach to treating the taboo of mental illness and disability in Iran. | |
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Clerical Cupid
A Muslim cleric runs Iran’s first officially sanctioned internet dating agency.
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| Kids who don’t Exist
In Egypt only a father can legally register a child, leaving many without identity. | |
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Online Ayatollah
A Muslim cleric offers modern advice and an updated understanding of Islam.
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| Children of the Cedars
A young Dutch man travels to Beirut to piece together his Lebanese past. | |
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Beirut under Siege
Katia and her family endure a long, hot summer during the 2006 war.
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| Singing Babar of Mosul
Mohamed Yunis, the singing barber, heads to Beirut to fulfill his dream. | |
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Beirut Diaries
A diary of the momentous events in Lebanon after the killing of Rafiq al-Hariri.
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| Life with Hezbollah
An insight into the complexities of family life under the threat of impending war.
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Deadly Playground
One boy’s mission to clear the cluster bombs scattered in southern Lebanon.
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| Two schools in Nablus
A special inside look at the challenges of education in the West Bank. | |
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Young Freud in Gaza
A young Palestinian runs a clinic in Gaza for people traumatised by violence.
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| Gaza Fixer
Raed helps journalists in Gaza but then becomes part of the story himself. | |
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The Hostages of Gaza
Rageh Omaar returns to Gaza to investigate the kidnapping of journalists there.
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| Hostages to Fortune
The rise and fall of hope in Gaza following the Israeli army withdrawal in 2005. | |
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Journey home
An emotional return to Palestine for the father of Al Jazeera’s Awad Joumaa.
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| Divorce in Yemen
Divorced women in Yemen struggle to find independence and acceptance in society. | |
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Babylon’s last Jew
In a personal tale, Ezra, an Iraqi Jew, searches for a lost love from 50 years ago.
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