The Arabs: A Living History(1979)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1979-01-01
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
A series of ten one-hour documentaries which explores Arab history, culture and society from within through the lives and opinions of Arabs today.
Keywords
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
The Making of the Arabs
Air Date: 1979-01-01
The first film in this important series introduces the viewer to the rich variety of life, opinion and history that e...
E02
Between Two Worlds
Air Date: N/A
What was Arab society like during the thousand year period following the decline of the Arab Empire? What memories, w...
E03
The City Victorious?
Air Date: N/A
This film looks at changing fortunes in the traditional relationship between Arab city and countryside. We focus on o...
E04
The Power of the Word
Air Date: N/A
The ancient Arabic language, transplanted, with the spread of Islam, from the Arabian Peninsula to Europe and the bor...
E05
New Knowledge for Old
Air Date: N/A
900 years ago Arab Muslims were the world’s greatest seekers after knowledge and wisdom of the Greeks. Today that Ara...
E06
Ways of Faith
Air Date: N/A
Muslim author and poet Ali al Mek looks at the ways and meaning of the Islamic Faith as they affect one particular gr...
E07
The Shadow of the West
Air Date: N/A
This film assesses the changes which came about as the Arab countries were drawn into the new political and economic ...
E08
Building a Nation
Air Date: N/A
The last three films in “The Arabs” focus on the processes of post-Colonial change in the Arab world. Mahfoud Bannoun...
E09
Family Ties
Air Date: N/A
Writer and journalist Nadia Hijab weaves this film around a large extended family of Jordanians living in Amman. The ...
E10
Arabs Now
Air Date: 1983-01-01
What do the Arabs believe to be the most potent forces in their society at the present time and how do they assess th...
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