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Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists
Al Jazeera World - S12 - E3
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
Al Jazeera World: Season 12 - 23 Episode s
12x1 - The Sacred Woods
January 25, 2022
Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.
12x2 - Palestine 1920
February 1, 2022
A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.
12x3 - Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists
February 8, 2022
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
12x4 - The Colours of Home
February 15, 2022
An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.
12x5 - Visa for a Stray Dog
March 1, 2022
The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.
12x6 - Turkey's Senkaya Bus
April 26, 2022
A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.
12x7 - Songs of the Gulf
May 3, 2022
Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.
12x8 - Austria: Operation Luxor
May 17, 2022
Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?
12x9 - An American in My Home
May 24, 2022
Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.
12x10 - Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker
May 31, 2022
The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.
12x11 - Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist
June 7, 2022
A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.
12x12 - Painting in the Dark
June 14, 2022
The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.
12x13 - Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of Coups
June 21, 2022
The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.
12x14 - Hany El Banna: The Giving Business
July 19, 2022
The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.
12x15 - The Sixties in the Arab World (1): Politics
August 2, 2022
The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.
12x16 - The Sixties in the Arab World (2): Culture
August 9, 2022
The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.
12x17 - The Sixties in the Arab World (3): Society
August 16, 2022
The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.
12x18 - Arab Love Songs
September 13, 2022
Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.
12x19 - Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at Home
September 27, 2022
In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?
12x20 - The Colours of Healing
October 4, 2022
Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.
12x21 - Tam Tam Basketball
October 18, 2022
The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.
12x22 - The Kabul Bank Crash
October 25, 2022
The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.
12x23 - Maradona in Naples
November 1, 2022
Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.
Al Jazeera World: All seasons
S1: Season 2011
12 Episode s
S2: Season 2012
24 Episode s
S3: Season 2013
24 Episode s
S4: Season 2014
35 Episode s
S5: Season 2015
36 Episode s
S6: Season 2016
34 Episode s
S8: Season 2018
30 Episode s
S9: Season 2019
39 Episode s
S10: Season 2020
33 Episode s
S11: Season 2021
30 Episode s
S12: Season 2022
23 Episode s
S13: Season 2023
23 Episode s
S14: Season 2024
5 Episode s
S2017: Season 2017
32 Episode s