Al Jazeera World

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A weekly showcase of one-hour documentary films from across the Al Jazeera Network. Watch Al Jazeera World every Tuesday at 2000GMT

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The new Palestinian resistance groups in the occupied West Bank
New Palestinian armed groups are emerging in the occupied West Bank and challenging the Israeli occupation.
Published On 22 Mar 2023
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How the Iraqi symphony orchestra has survived wars and sanctions
Iraqi Symphony Orchestra’s fight for survival despite war, sectarian violence, sanctions, a lack of musicians and funds.
Published On 15 Mar 2023
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How an Albanian man traces his Bektashi roots
One man’s journey to discover his Bektashi roots reveals a religious order that suffered centuries of oppression.
Published On 1 Mar 2023
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Price of love in Shatila: A Palestinian couple searches for home
As two young Palestinians try to start a life together in a Beirut refugee camp, they face problems setting up a home.
Published On 22 Feb 2023

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How Tunisia’s last monarch was deposed by its first president – a power struggle remembered on Tunisian Republic Day.

The second in a two-part series looks at Arab films and plays that challenged censorship and forged new cultural forms.

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How a state-imposed musical ban led to a new Turkish musical genre, Arabesque, now enjoyed by millions worldwide.

Spying, secrecy, intrigue – a dark world of Israeli intelligence in Turkey, as Mossad searches for useful information.

Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.

The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.

The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy’s parliament.

Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.

In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?