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Painting in the Dark | Al Jazeera World
Turkish artist Esref Armagan is one of the few blind commercial painters in the world. Blind from birth, he learned to draw by touching and copying carved shapes. As he grew older, Armagan adapted techniques which allowed him to add perspective to his wo
Med Hondo: A founding father of African cinema | Al Jazeera World
The story of Mohamed "Med" Hondo, from his humble beginnings in Mauritania, to smuggling himself on board a ship to France, to finding recognition as a modern African cinema director and actor. Hondo’s films challenged racism in Europe and historic colon
An American in My Home | Al Jazeera World
Morgan and Perry are two young American students looking to expand their horizons through a college placement programme. They left the United States to spend time living with local families in Morocco. Morgan is in Rabat, hoping to improve her Arabic and
DOCUMENTARY | Songs of the Gulf | Al Jazeera World
Racist slurs, satire, an ancient Islamic "advert" and World Cup football pride are the inspirations for these four song stories from the Arabian Gulf. In Kuwait, the Haydoo song was born as an expression of pride in the face of unpleasant slurs in the 19
Turkey’s Senkaya Bus | Al Jazeera World
The minibus service operates even when temperatures drop to minus 35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Fahrenheit). Despite the treacherous roads, regular passengers journey to the nearest town, Senkaya. This trip allows a tight-knit group of friends to banter
How a Cairo stray dog embarks on a new life abroad | Documentary | Al Jazeera World
Soly, an Egyptian filmmaker, rescues Layaly, a stray dog in Cairo, with help from a group of animal welfare volunteers before travelling with her to a new home abroad. However, just hours before the dog is due to face life-saving throat surgery, she esca
The Colours of Home: An Arab mural in the US | Al Jazeera World
Ahmad Abumraighi is an artist with a dream. He wants to create a striking artwork that connects the suffering of Black Americans, Native Americans and Palestinians. However, the mural is just one part of his dream. He wants to display it in the open air
Literary Liaisons: Thinkers and Surrealists | Al Jazeera World
Correspondence between writers can sometimes reveal insights into their characters and ideas, beyond their published work. In this film, two cross-cultural stories explore unusual connections through the exchange of letters. The first is a little known
Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story | Al Jazeera World
“A land without a people, and a people without a land” is how the relationship between Palestine and the Jewish people was described by Christian writers in the 1800s. And the 20th-century history of the Middle East has largely been written through these
The Sacred Woods: A coming-of-age ritual in Ivory Coast | Al Jazeera World
This award-winning documentary from Ivory Coast follows a group of young men who undergo an ancient coming-of-age ceremony in a remote West African forest. Their spiritual tutor is struggling to preserve the tradition of the Generation Festival at a time