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 Arab world in the 1970s: Stage and screen
The second in a two-part series looks at Arab films and plays that challenged censorship and forged new cultural forms.
Published On 1 Feb 2023
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The Arab world in the 1970s: Politics
The first in a two-part series on this landmark decade looks at conflicts, coups and how oil transformed economies.
Published On 25 Jan 2023
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The history of Turkish Arabesque Music
How a state-imposed musical ban led to a new Turkish musical genre, Arabesque, now enjoyed by millions worldwide.
Published On 19 Jan 2023
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An investigation into the Mossad’s activities in Turkey
Spying, secrecy, intrigue – a dark world of Israeli intelligence in Turkey, as Mossad searches for useful information.
Published On 11 Jan 2023

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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?

Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.

The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.

The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.

The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.

The founder of the world’s largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.