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Season 6 • Episode 6 • Soft Power
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Al Jazeera World Season 6, Episode 6: Soft Power
We explore the history of Beirut's American University and whether it has played a role in US interests in the region. Watch Al Jazeera World Season 6, Episode 6 Soft Power in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Al Jazeera World Season 6, Episode 6 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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The Village That's Dying
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After the Arab Spring
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Behind the Wheel
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Soft Power
We explore the history of Beirut's American University and whether it has played a role in US interests in the region.
48 min
Giving for Eternity
Waqf, an Islamic philanthropic tradition, was abolished in Tunisia in 1957. Now, there are calls to restore it.
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I Am a Syrian Child
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Medicine for Sale
A look at the funding crisis in Egypt's health service, from cost of medication to organ sales and "patients for hire".
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Life in the Shadows
Decades after migrating to Lebanon, more than 250,000 Palestinians are still denied basic social and economic rights.
47 min
Yemen: Pulling the Strings
How did Yemen's Houthis take Sanaa so easily? Was former President Saleh part of an unlikely alliance with the group?
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The Battle of Misrata
Six years on, Misratans reflect on the siege of their city and how it played a role in the downfall of Gaddafi.
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Egypt: On the Breadline
Once the provider of grain to the entire Roman Empire, Egypt is now the largest importer of wheat in the world.
48 min
Sykes-Picot: Lines in the Sand (1)
The story of the secret century-old deal which aimed to carve up the Middle East in ways that still reverberate today.
48 min
Sykes-Picot: Lines in the Sand (2)
The story of the secret century-old deal which aimed to carve up the Middle East in ways that still reverberate today.
48 min
The Grand Marriage
A unique insight into the traditional "grand marriage" of a Comoran government minister and his two wives.
48 min
Ramadan North and South
An intimate look at the month of Ramadan through the eyes of Muslims in opposite ends of the world.
46 min
Israel's Great Divide
Are Jews of Middle Eastern, North African and Spanish descent discriminated against in Israel?
47 min
Gaza: The Last Picture
A Palestinian cameraman records the 2014 Israeli assault on Shujayea, including the final moments of his own life.
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Farah
A unique look into the special relationship between an injured girl and her Palestinian guardian.
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The Israeli Dervish
We follow one man as he becomes the only Israeli granted access to the inner sanctum of the Whirling Dervish order.
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Massacre in Rabaa
Three years on, Egyptians reflect on the worst attack on protesters in modern history.
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Shifah Hospital
We go behind the scenes at Gaza's only hospital and revisit the harrowing attacks on the strip in the summer of 2014.
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Palestinian Wedding
An insight into Palestinian weddings, uniting faiths and communities, and upholding traditions as a form of resistance.
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Journey Into the Unknown
We follow two Syrian refugees who part with large sums of money to embark on clandestine journeys fraught with danger.
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Life in a Suitcase
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The Holy Land Five (1)
Soon after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001, the largest Muslim charity in the United States - the Holy Land Foundation - was shut down, its assets frozen and five of its senior staff arrested by the FBI.
45 min
The Holy Land Five (2)
Just as the Five were celebrating their apparent acquittal, the prosecution charged them in a second case. In the second trial a year later, the men were convicted of providing 'material support' to Hamas and in 2009, were sentenced to between 15 and 65 years in prison. The Five have lost all their appeals.
45 min
Catalonia's Last Bullfight
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Somalia: The Forgotten Story (1): Independence to Chaos
Somalia's decline from a stable and prosperous country to a nation ravaged by civil war, famine and pirates.
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Somalia: The Forgotten Story (2): Diaspora
Somalia's civil war forced much of the country's population to flee abroad. Although free from the ravages of war, the diaspora still faces issues of integration, clan discrimination, and use of the drug khat.
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The stories of Yaya Toure and Yacine Brahimi, whose lives have been transformed by their glittering careers in football.
48 min
Thank You, Football (2): El-Arabi and Al-Habsi
Two more stories of lives transformed by outstanding careers in football.
48 min
The Last Villagers of Avsar
A rural community in western Turkey is losing its livelihood, population and hope for the future.
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