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One hundred years after the Ottomans joined the war, this three-part series tells the story from an Arab perspective.
Genre:Documentary
Network:Al Jazeera
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Season 1

  • The Arabs
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    The Arabs

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/2014

    Hundreds of thousands of Arab conscripts and recruits serve the colonial powers on both sides, and suffer disproportionately high casualties.

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  • The Ottomans
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    The Ottomans

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2014

    The decline of the Ottoman Empire, the fall of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the rise of the young Turk government in his place – and the history of the Ottoman-Germany relationship which led to the Treaty of Alliance between them in August 1914

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  • The New Middle East
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    The New Middle East

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2014

    The secret Sykes-Picot agreement between Britain and France and the way the two imperial powers carved up the former Ottoman Empire between them, regardless of the rights and demands of rights and nationalist movements across the Arab world

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