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The Best Episodes of Al Jazeera World Season 8

Every episode of Al Jazeera World Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Al Jazeera World Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 1 - Don't Kill Him in Damascus
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    #1 - Don't Kill Him in Damascus

    S8:E1

    The mysterious killing of Fathi Shaqaqi, the founder of the armed Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 2 - Lebanon: Living on the Blue Line
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    #2 - Lebanon: Living on the Blue Line

    S8:E2

    The personal stories of villagers in southern Lebanon about living close to the border with neighbouring Israel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 3 - The Diaspora Orchestra
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    #3 - The Diaspora Orchestra

    S8:E3

    Musicians from all around the world revive the Palestine National Orchestra and perform in the occupied territories.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 4 - Journalism Is Not a Crime
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    #4 - Journalism Is Not a Crime

    S8:E4

    Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein continues to be detained without trial in Egypt since December 2016.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 5 - The Great Population Exchange
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    #5 - The Great Population Exchange

    S8:E5

    The lasting legacy of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 6 - In the Ruins of a Dream
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    #6 - In the Ruins of a Dream

    S8:E6

    Five Syrians reflect on the devastation wrought on their homes, some of which took a lifetime to build.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 7 - May Ziade: Arab Feminist Writer
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    #7 - May Ziade: Arab Feminist Writer

    S8:E7

    Exploring Ziade's complex life, her effort to emancipate women, and her platonic relationship with poet Khalil Gibran.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 8 - Time Out
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    #8 - Time Out

    S8:E8

    After the civil war, the basketball court became a new battleground of sectarian divisions between Lebanon's top teams.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 9 - Egypt's Women Street Sellers
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    #9 - Egypt's Women Street Sellers

    S8:E9

    The stories of five Egyptian village women supporting their entire families by selling local produce in the markets.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 10 - Witness From the East
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    #10 - Witness From the East

    S8:E10

    While working on a kibbutz in 1967, a Japanese journalist discovers the hidden remains of a Palestinian village, changing his perspective and sparking a lifelong documentary project.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 11 - The Last Nomads of Morocco
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    #11 - The Last Nomads of Morocco

    S8:E11

    Morocco's nomadic tribes are gradually giving up their traditional way of life to offer their children formal education.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 12 - Paris: A Divided City
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    #12 - Paris: A Divided City

    S8:E12

    An investigation into the complex questions of identity and alienation in disadvantaged suburbs of Paris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 13 - Lebanon: Single by Choice
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    #13 - Lebanon: Single by Choice

    S8:E13

    Why are so many Lebanese women single? Five women share their stories of love, life and marriage in Lebanon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 14 - Seven Days in Beirut
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    #14 - Seven Days in Beirut

    S8:E14

    A British-Italian man spends one week in a Palestinian refugee camp where thousands have lived, stateless, since 1948.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 15 - Shahira: My Syrian Friend
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    #15 - Shahira: My Syrian Friend

    S8:E15

    The story of an unusual friendship between a Lebanese filmmaker and a young Syrian refugee girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 16 - Truck Attack in Nice
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    #16 - Truck Attack in Nice

    S8:E16

    French Muslim families who lost loved ones in the Nice truck attack struggle with bereavement and Islamophobia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 17 - Senegal's Sinking Villages
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    #17 - Senegal's Sinking Villages

    S8:E17

    Global climate change and an engineering 'quick fix' have created an ecological disaster on Senegal's Atlantic coast.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 18 - Andalusia: Lessons in Life
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    #18 - Andalusia: Lessons in Life

    S8:E18

    A university teacher leads a group of students to Andalusia to explore cross-cultural and interfaith understanding.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 19 - From Agadir to Dakar
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    #19 - From Agadir to Dakar

    S8:E19

    Two drivers trek 3,000 kilometres across the desert, risking life and limb to deliver a payload against the clock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 20 - The Hundred Million Dollar Home
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    #20 - The Hundred Million Dollar Home

    S8:E20

    A Palestinian man stubbornly refuses to sell his Hebron home to Israeli buyers at any price.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 21 - The Hunt for the Red Prince
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    #21 - The Hunt for the Red Prince

    S8:E21

    Ali Hassan Salameh founded the Black September armed group that attacked 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 22 - The Widows' Sanctuary
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    #22 - The Widows' Sanctuary

    S8:E22

    In the heart of Lebanon‘s second-largest city, a guest house has served for centuries as a refuge for widows who are unable to support themselves financially. 10/2/2018 46

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 23 - Living with Multiple Sclerosis in Egypt
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    #23 - Living with Multiple Sclerosis in Egypt

    S8:E23

    Thousands of Egyptians suffer from multiple sclerosis but are often wrongly diagnosed or can't afford treatment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 24 - Gaddafi, Rendition and the West
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    #24 - Gaddafi, Rendition and the West

    S8:E24

    Investigating allegations that the UK and US colluded with Gaddafi to hand over his opponents for detention and torture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Al Jazeera World Season 8 Episode 25 - Abraham Serfaty: Morocco's Mandela
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    #25 - Abraham Serfaty: Morocco's Mandela

    S8:E25

    Moroccan dissident Abraham Serfaty was jailed, tortured and exiled for his radical views over decades.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Don't Kill Him in Damascus" is the best rated episode of "Al Jazeera World" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/16/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Lebanon: Living on the Blue Line".