Arab Labor Episode 10 - Independence Day When a millionaire declares that he will award a million Israeli shekels to the first baby born on Israel's Independence Day, Bushra and Amjad compete with another couple in the delivery room.
Music, Sound and the Sacred WATCH ONLINE! In this episode, host Phil Cousineau explores the transcendent qualities of spiritual and sacred music with guests Rev. Alan Jones and Grammy Award-winning singer Joanne Shenandoah.
CINEMONDO: My Marlon and Brando Category: World Cinema In this CINEMONDO film, a Turkish actress can no longer bear the distance between her and her lover from northern Iraq. However, getting into a country at war turns out to be just as difficult as getting out.
In Search of Ecstasy WATCH ONLINE! This episode explores the ecstatic state - a global phenomenon found in all kinds of spiritual and religious traditions. How is ecstatic trance practiced around the world, and why are so many people today fascinated by it?
The Journey Towards Oneness This episode explores the concept of Oneness, and traces its evolution and expression through seemingly different religious and spiritual traditions.
Rumi, Poet of the Heart Surprisingly, the bestselling poet in America today is a thirteenth-century Sufi poet and mystic named Jalaluddin Rumi. What makes Rumi's writings so enticing and unforgettable?
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Guardian of Eden Category: Documentaries After the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein began an aggressive drainage program which turned much of the Mesopotamian Marshlands - or the Garden of Eden - into desert, forcing 200,000 inhabitants to flee as refugees to Iran.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Accidental Hero Category: Documentaries In April 2004, an oil terminal worker at Shatt Al-Arab waterway in Basra helped to prevent a massive economic and ecological disaster. Watch this fascinating story of the lives of the men and women who keep Iraq's oil flowing.
Al Jazeera English - Witness: Baghdad, City of Walls Category: Documentaries Watch as award-winning photographer and journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad returns to his home streets of Baghdad to find a city divided by security walls, and filled with homeless people and improvised cemeteries.
CINEMONDO: My Father My Lord Category: World Cinema This Israeli film is an intimate and disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion -- a dramatic retelling of the Abraham and Isaac story with a devastating "twist."
Earth Wisdom: For a World in Crisis WATCH ONLINE! This program focuses on the wisdom of indigenous values and practices that have promoted heightened consciousness, spiritual harmony and a life in balance with nature.
CINEMONDO: Beautiful City Category: World Cinema How much is a woman worth in comparison to a man in Islamic Iran - and who pays the difference? A story of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure, and the concept of "blood money."
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