Young men from a remote village in Ivory Coast undergo gruelling coming-of-age rituals.

A thriving trading nation or a land without a people? Historians and witnesses on Palestine before the events of 1948.

We explore links between a famous Russian writer and an Egyptian scholar, and between French and Egyptian surrealists.

An artist dreams of painting a mural that connects the plights of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians.

The story of Layaly, a street dog from Cairo who cheats death and embarks on a new life in Canada.

A local bus driving through mountains reveals the remote lives, communities and environments of eastern Turkey.

Four songs from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq reveal a rich source of stories from the Arabian Gulf.

Raids on Muslim homes and organisations in Austria in 2020 – an 'anti-terrorist' measure or a sign of Islamophobia?

Two female American students move in with Moroccan families as cultural immersion, with life-changing results for one.

The African cinema luminary whose films on injustice and racism challenged and often shocked European audiences.

A Libyan pharmacologist treating HIV patients in South Africa and a Tunisian scientist purifying water in Malaysia.

The inspiring story of Esref Armagan, a blind Turkish artist who became a critically acclaimed painter.

The rise and fall of 1950s Syrian President Adib Al Shishakli, a master of military coups and defeating rivals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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