africa

In the Berber city of Marrakech, in the foothills of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, Al Jazeera’s 48 team reveal the hidden side of life in a city regularly visited by millions for its exotic chic, but truly seen by few. (24 min, 2 segments)

This documentary tours through the Muslim world, in search of that “atmosphere of Paradise,” hidden away in mosques and palaces (90 min in 10 segments). Istanbul is on Segment 7.

In the 1990’s a new hypothesis was presented about the age of the Sphinx that could possibly alter the timeline of Egyptology and human history. (88 min in 10 segments)

Geneticist Dr Spencer Wells and National Geographic take us on a gorgeous journey, the same one as early man’s migration from Africa to Australia and eventually around the world. Through DNA sampling he can genetically map out the family tree of humans and shows conclusively how we are all from one source. (120 minutes in 13 segments)

A desperate shortage of staple foods, brought about partly by rising oil prices, has sparked riots around the world. In Egypt, where the common word for bread is “life”, Street Food investigates the cost for the average person. (22 minutes in 2 parts)

The Tuareg people of Niger struggle to maintain their nomadic way of life in the face of uranium mining (4:23 min) and desertification (4:15 min)

Al Jazeera reports on the state of Darfur: China Sends Troops to Darfur as Promised (2:32 min); The UN’s Darfur Troop Shortage (2:26 min); Sudan’s President Pledges Darfur Peace (2:49 min)