NaN/100 votes#1 - The Sacred Woods
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2022
Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.
Director: Abdallah Chamekh
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#2 - Palestine 1920
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2022
A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2022
We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - The Colours of Home
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2022
An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - Visa for a Stray Dog
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2022
The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Turkey's Senkaya Bus
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 4/26/2022
A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Songs of the Gulf
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 5/3/2022
Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#8 - Austria: Operation Luxor
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 5/17/2022
Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?
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NaN/100 votes#9 - An American in My Home
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 5/24/2022
Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#10 - Med Hondo: Rebel African Filmmaker
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 5/31/2022
The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#11 - Arabs Abroad: The Pharmacologist and the Scientist
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 6/7/2022
A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - Painting in the Dark
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 6/14/2022
The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Al Shishakli: Syria's Master of Coups
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 6/21/2022
The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - Hany El Banna: The Giving Business
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 7/19/2022
The founder of the world's largest Western-based international Muslim relief agency, one that helps millions worldwide.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#15 - The Sixties in the Arab World (1): Politics
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 8/2/2022
The first in a three-part series on how the Arab world was transformed during the 1960s, a decade of change.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#16 - The Sixties in the Arab World (2): Culture
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 8/9/2022
The second of a three-part series. How music, literature and the arts broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - The Sixties in the Arab World (3): Society
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 8/16/2022
The third in a three-part series about how people and society were transformed in the Arab world of the 1960s.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Arab Love Songs
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 9/13/2022
Four unique songs of Middle Eastern romance, each with its own story of drama, tragedy and deception.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Who Are They Now? Norway's Foreigners at Home
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 9/27/2022
In 1996, new immigrants to Norway described what it meant to live there. Twenty-five years on, are they Norwegian yet?
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NaN/100 votes#20 - The Colours of Healing
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 10/4/2022
Egyptian women use alternative therapies – colours, clay, movement and dance – to fight depression and other issues.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Tam Tam Basketball
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 10/18/2022
The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy's parliament.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - The Kabul Bank Crash
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 10/25/2022
The inside story of Kabul Bank and the nearly $1bn of money laundering and corruption that devastated Afghanistan.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - Maradona in Naples
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 11/1/2022
Diego Maradona is revered by Neapolitans as the saviour of their city, from his glory days playing football for Napoli.
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The Best Episodes of Al Jazeera World Season 12
Every episode of Al Jazeera World Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Al Jazeera World Season 12!
A one-hour series showcasing documentary films from across the Al Jazeera Network.
Genre:Documentary
Network:Al Jazeera English
Season 12 Ratings Summary
"The Sacred Woods" is the best rated episode of "Al Jazeera World" season 12. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Abdallah Chamekh and written by N/A, it aired on 1/25/2022. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Palestine 1920".