Showcasing some of the best Documentaries and Talk Shows
Sat 29 February 2020: Loyalty cards, medical records, geolocation, biometric passports. Our digital traces speak volumes about our habits. The large volume of data recorded during each of our visits to the internet represents a great opportunity for personalisation, but the information we distil is also widely used for commercial purposes and can be used by governments […]
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Wed 19 February 2020: The battle for Idlib has led to a humanitarian catastrophe as the Syrian gov’t vows to retake the last rebel-held area. Babies and children are dying of cold in Syria‘s Idlib province and their suffering has been described by the United Nations as the largest humanitarian horror story of the 21st century. The Syrian government offensive […]
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Mon 17 February 2020: At the British Museum, a collection of artefacts from the Muslim world is on show, which tells the history of a journey to Mecca always forbidden to non-Muslims. It features a succession of examples of the rich visual language of Islamic culture past and present, artwork created to reflect the powerful […]
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Mon 10 February 2020: Indian TV anchors are in attack mode against critics of the ruling party. Plus, blackface in the Arab world. On The Listening Post this week: “Terrorists”, “anti-nationals” – Indian TV anchors are in attack mode against critics of the ruling party. Plus the history of blackface in the Arab world. Are the loudest […]
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Wed 05 February 2020: Imagine trying to make sense of the universe before telescopes were even invented. Jim al-Khalili reveals how scholars from the Islamic world played a crucial role in astronomy and navigation, influencing later astronomers in the renaissance. In this episode of Science in the Golden Age, we examine ancient maps dating back […]
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Mon 03 February 2020: How drone technology became a multibillion-dollar industry. Plus, Putin’s economic record and Xi’s biggest test yet. Unmanned ariel vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have come a long way since their introduction in the first Gulf War in 1991. At the time, they were used just for surveillance and intelligence gathering. A decade […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: The story of the secret century-old deal which aimed to carve up the Middle East in ways that still reverberate today. This is the story of the secret deal between the British and French, concluded in May 1916, which aimed to carve up the Middle East in ways that most benefited […]
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Sat 25 January 2020: New shocking revelations are uncovered in this short documentary on war crimes committed by senior Assad regime figures, as we speak with prosecutors and human rights activists who gained access to top secret regime documents and a military defector whose collection of tens of thousands of photographs of victims is helping […]
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Thu 23 January 2020: The Crusades: An Arab Perspective is a four-part documentary series telling the dramatic story of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes, from the seizing of Jerusalem under Pope Urban II in 1099, to its recapture by Salah ad-Din (also known as Saladin), Richard the Lionheart’s efforts to regain the city, and the […]
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Sun 12 January 2020: A portrait of two different voices whose demands for black equality gave rise to gains in American civil rights. A half-century after their deaths, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X remain two of the world’s most revered political activists. They were both respected leaders of the American Civil Rights movement, struggling […]
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