IRAQ: In Iraq, the youth don’t trust the politicians or the parties. We met the director and producer of Baghdad on Fire, which addresses the bad governance of their country’s leaders and the mobilisation of the youth who really fight for change.
PALESTINE: Four generations of Palestinian women take us on a journey through family, war, memory and identity.
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
ISIS: A shocking and brutal account of the fate of a Danish photographer held hostage held by Islamic State terrorists.
RUSSIA How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary army, Wagner, grew to become a major tool in Russian foreign policy – murdering its way across Africa and Ukraine.
SYRIA: Former ISIS hostage Marc Marginedas returns to Raqqa to confront the ghosts of his past.
REFUGEES: In Sicily, we meet Morgan Lescot on the rescue ship Ocean Viking for a conversation about boat refugees, challenges, and Europe’s responsibility. Is this a tragedy that will only continue to increase?
CONFLICT: Dream’s Gate offers a bracing perspective on female fighters battling IS.
UPRISING: UPRISING / Asef Bayat attempts to challenge the analysis of the Arab Spring (2011) as an unequivocal defeat.
IRAQ: The Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has written an excellent book that dispels the typical view of a sectarian and divided society as the main cause of Iraq’s long and continuing tragedy.
BEIRUT: Through its unflinching portrayal of the residents’ daily hardships, In the Shadow of Beirut sheds light on the pervasive poverty, limited access to resources, and the dire need for basic living conditions in this densely crowded corner of the Middle East.