Al Jazeera World
Summary: A weekly showcase of one-hour documentary films from across the Al Jazeera Network.
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Podcasts:
The dramatic personal stories of three members of the Syrian opposition forces treated for critical wounds in Germany.
An extraordinary insight into Palestinian city life before 1948 that reveals the loss of a culture and lifestyle.
What happens to millions of Egyptians who are unaccounted for by the state?
In 1944, Stalin deported 218,000 Crimean Tatars to Central Asia - we tell the story of their struggle to return home.
One man fights to save the life of his daughter, then himself, finding redemption in helping others avoid his own fate. Almir Cehajic was a practising dentist, actor, and radio and TV presenter living in Sarajevo. Also known as Batko, his life was turned upside down in 2000 when his newborn baby daughter was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. Treatment would have to be highly specialised and very expensive. But Batko managed to raise as much as €50,000 ($69,000) in the matter of a few days from friends as well as strangers. Although the surgery was initially successful, his daughter Asja died a few months later. But this was only the start of his ordeal as many so-called friends started to demand their money back. This led Batko into a serious spiral of massive loan-shark debt, driving him to the edge of wanting to take his own life. In this unusual and personal film, Cehajic tells his own dramatic story. He tells of his descent into poverty, his survival against the odds and, finally, his mission to provide financial assistance to others needing expensive and life-saving medical treatment. Cehajic has founded an organisation called Open Network. The group works to raise funds for some of the most desperately ill people in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A filmmaker travels through the West Bank exploring the relationship between Palestinians and Israeli settlers.
Educated, middle-class Syrian exiles share their thoughts on the revolution and their determination to return home.
Tens of thousands of Greeks, often ethnic Turks, were stripped of their nationality and now face a battle to regain it.
For years before Syrian refugees began flooding over the border into Lebanon, undocumented migrants from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan have been making the hazardous journey there. This film hears from the refugees themselves, about why they came to Lebanon in the first place, what their lives are like, and where they hope to eventually be.
We trace the reasons for the split between north and South Sudan and its impact on the lives of ordinary South Sudanese.
Exclusive gated communities are springing up across Istanbul, but how are they shaping the social fabric of the city?
The story of three families of Moroccan descent stranded in Vietnam since their fathers defected from the French army in Indo-China in 1953.
Pilgrimage to sites associated with the life and ministry of Jesus has been a significant aspect of Christian faith since the earliest centuries AD. Group tours to the 'Holy Land' are still very much part of the culture of practising Christians but are primarily organised by Israeli travel agents. This film hears passionate views from Palestinian priests, a Christian tour operator and a British writer as they speak out against the obstacles facing pilgrims visiting sacred sites today, particularly Bethlehem and Nazareth. It also covers the recent history of discrimination against Palestinian Christians generally - and the wider problems threatening their survival.
Having the chance to attend school, two Turkmen girls in Afghanistan reveal their hopes and fears for the future. A look at the future of girls' education in Afghanistan.
As Libya emerges from the shadows of dictatorship, it must decide whether to embrace retribution or reconciliation.