Best Qatari series

Omar (2012)

A historical work that deals with one of the most important pages in Islamic history, as it embodies the biography of the second Rightly Guided Caliph, Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him. The importance and role of his role in the history of the call and the establishment of the Islamic State lies, as well as the advantages and special virtues of that character that made him a reference and guiding model for Muslims until the present time. . A boy of brilliant intelligence, he became the greatest ruler of the world, and he did not forget at the height of his power that he represented a message carrying the highest moral values, so he provided care for the oppressed, and guaranteed justice for all, even for his enemies.. He is Al-Farouq Omar bin Al-Khattab.

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (2022)

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd running of the FIFA World Cup competition, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the senior national teams of the member associations of FIFA.

The Imam (2017)

The life story of the fourth Imam of Islam, Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

Omar (2012)

The life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate, before and after he embraces in Islam.

AlSnafeyah (2020)

An Animated Series that Tells the Story of a Squad of Arab Superheroes, And their Adventures in their War Against the Evil Council.

The Lobby - USA (2018)

A four-part undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel’s covert influence campaign in the United States. To get unprecedented access to the Israel lobby’s inner workings, undercover reporter “Tony” posed as a pro-Israel volunteer in Washington. The resulting film exposes the efforts of Israel and its lobbyists to spy on, smear and intimidate US citizens who support Palestinian human rights, especially BDS – the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. It shows that Israel’s semi-covert black-ops government agency, the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, is operating this effort in collusion with an extensive network of US-based organizations.

Al Jazeera World (2011)

A series of one-hour documentaries showcasing films from across the Al Jazeera Network.

The Secret of the Seven Sisters (2013)

On August 28, 1928, in the Scottish highlands, began the secret story of oil. Three men had an appointment at Achnacarry Castle - a Dutchman, an American and an Englishman. The Dutchman was Henry Deterding, a man nicknamed the Napoleon of Oil, having exploited a find in Sumatra. He joined forces with a rich ship owner and painted Shell salesman and together the two men founded Royal Dutch Shell.The American was Walter C. Teagle and he represents the Standard Oil Company, founded by John D. Rockefeller at the age of 31 - the future Exxon. Oil wells, transport, refining and distribution of oil - everything is controlled by Standard oil.The Englishman, Sir John Cadman, was the director of the Anglo-Persian oil Company, soon to become BP. On the initiative of a young Winston Churchill, the British government had taken a stake in BP and the Royal Navy switched its fuel from coal to oil. With fuel-hungry ships, planes and tanks, oil became "the blood of every battle". The new automobile industry was developing fast, and the Ford T was selling by the million. The world was thirsty for oil, and companies were waging a merciless contest but the competition was making the market unstable.That August night, the three men decided to stop fighting and to start sharing out the world's oil. Their vision was that production zones, transport costs, sales prices - everything would be agreed and shared. And so began a great cartel, whose purpose was to dominate the world, by controlling its oil.Four others soon joined them, and they came to be known as the Seven Sisters - the biggest oil companies in the world.

Al-Nakba (The Catastrophe) (2007)

For Palestinians, 1948 marks the “Nakba” or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. For Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state. This four-part series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present.

The Crusades, An Arab Perspective (2016)

The Crusades: An Arab Perspective is a four-part series produced by Al Jazeera English, which presents the dramatic story of the medieval religious war through Arab eyes. The series provides a new perspective on the history of the Crusades for a global, English-speaking audience, that has largely read about or studied the famous struggle from a primarily Christian and Western point of view.

Head to Head (2013)

Head to Head is Al Jazeera’s new forum for ideas, hosted by Mehdi Hasan. Hasan asks probing, hard-hitting questions few dare to ask and in each episode goes head to head with a special guest to tackle some of the big issues of our time - faith, foreign intervention, the Middle East, US foreign policy, and the economic crisis - in front of an opinionated audience.Aired in Blocks - Returns in Autumn/Fall

The Pact (2022)

Survivors in a post-apocalyptic world try to find the cause of MIASMA, a mysterious fog that drives victims insane, and stop it.

Talk to Al Jazeera (2012)

Al Jazeera’s flagship interview show. A weekly one-on-one conversation with global leaders, icons, influencers, and alternative voices shaping our times.We also interview the voiceless - individuals who by accident or choice find themselves in extraordinary events. On Talk to Al Jazeera - In the Field

Slavery: A 21st Century Evil (2011)

In this eight-part series, Rageh Omaar uncovers the truth about the flourishing 21st century slave trade.Today, 27 million men, women and children are held, sold and trafficked as slaves throughout the world.From the sex slaves of Eastern Europe to China's prison labour slaves; from Brazil's hellish charcoal slave camps to entire families enslaved in Pakistan's brick kilns, this series exposes the people behind modern slavery and the companies who profit from it.Weaving the testimony of current and former slaves with investigations into some of the biggest global slave masters, we ask why this age-old evil continues to flourish.

Nader (1984)

The events of the series (Nader) take place in an ancient time, as it discusses a group of issues and topics from the ancient Arab heritage.

101 East (2007)

Al Jazeera's weekly Asian current affairs programme. We cover a dynamic region with diverse cultures and conflicting politics. With special reports, interviews and debates, 101 East tackles the issues that unify and divide Asia.

Al Jazeera Documentaries (2008)

Watch the best of Al Jazeera's documentaries from around the world.

The War in October (2013)

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat once called it the last war. But 40 years after Sadat uttered those words, the Arab-Israeli conflict has no end in sight. The story of the war that Egyptians call the October War and Israelis know as the Yom Kippur War has never been thoroughly explored.So what happened during those three weeks in October 1973?To this day, both sides - Arabs and Israelis - claim to be the victors.It was a war that brought the world to the brink of a nuclear confrontation between two global superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union.It also gave the world a fuel crisis and a new entry in the dictionary 'Shuttle Diplomacy', as Henry Kissinger, the US secretary of state, flew from country to country in an effort to broker a peace deal.Egypt's 2011 revolution and the toppling of the old regime has resulted in the discovery and opening of many previously undisclosed files related to the war in October. It has provided us with unprecedented access to participants in it and to the places where they fought.The War in October draws on rare film archive selected from many sources around the world, along with graphic illustrations, maps, and animated sequences to plot the movements of forces in the many battlefields of the conflict.The series features interviews with people who planned and fought in the three weeks of battles that took place on both the Egyptian and Syrian front, including characters from other countries that participated in the fighting - Iraqi, Jordanian, Moroccan and Palestinian. The interviewees include experts, diplomats, officials and members of the military from the US, the former Soviet Union and Europe.

Al Jazeera Empire (2009)

Empire is a unique programme that reports on and debates global powers on behalf of an international citizen. It does so in a way whereby it questions those geopolitical, geoeconomic, corporate, and other forms of power that influence citizens across borders. Many of those are not held accountable by any one government or any one nation, and so looking at the world as the global village it has become - with its integrated societies - we try to answer the questions on the minds of many of our viewers: why and how does global power act, react? And how does it throw its weight around?

Wukan: After the Uprising (2013)

China is no stranger to rural uprisings. Tens of thousands of protests erupt across the country each year, many over the illegal sale of communal village land by corrupt local officials. Few demonstrations lead to real change, but in 2011, one community defied the odds.Wukan, a village in China’s southern Guangdong province, captured the world’s attention when it achieved a rare victory.After weeks of noisy protests, a crackdown by local authorities and the death of a leading activist, demonstrators succeeded in ousting the village committee, which had held power for more than four decades. Democratic elections were announced and Wukan made international headlines.Wukan: After the Uprising tells the story of the village’s journey following its extraordinary victory. This four-part observational documentary series looks at the challenges of a community’s transition to democracy, through the eyes of former rebels now entrusted with the task of leading the village and regaining lost land.

Al Jazeera Investigates (2011)

Al Jazeera Investigative Unit or I-Unit is the name for journalists from the network’s Investigative Journalism Directorate. Since its formation, the I-Unit’s documentaries have won more than forty awards and over a hundred nominations, including four from Bafta. The I-Unit provides exclusive journalism for Al Jazeera Media Network’s many platforms and its content is translated into multiple languages.

Music of Resistance (2009)

The Music of Resistance is a six-part documentary series that tells the stories of musicians who fight repression and sing about injustices.They are unique musical personalities from some of the world's most troubled areas - what makes them different is their need to communicate their politics through music.They are all ambitious and talented but for them 'making it' is not about diamonds and sports cars - it is about radical political change.

The Arab Awakening (2011)

As revolution shakes the Arab world, a series of films explore the roots of the uprisings and ask 'what next'?As protest and revolution shake the Arab world, a new series of films documents the Arab awakening.Seven one-hour long programmes offer fresh insights into what happened in the region and why, as well as into the lives unexpectedly altered by events.The first half of the series takes us behind the scenes of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, with access to the people who made them happen. It pieces together the jigsaw of events as they played out in the media, in the corridors of power and on the ground.The second half stands back from events to debate their place in history, global politics and everyday life. We are surprised and entertained to hear those in the know expose how Arab dictators have held onto power for so long. And we are taken into the lives of people across the region, as they reveal their hopes, fears and expectations for the future.

Killing the Count (2014)

The story of Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden and how he rescued concentration camp inmates from Germany during WWII.

Witness (2009)

Documentaries commissioned from independent filmmakers around the world. Bringing world issues into focus with courageous and inspiring human stories.

Another Day (2003)

The story revolves around the death of a father and mother of a family of four girls (Maha, Hala, Al-Jazi and Reem), the uncle of this family is a drunk and always drinks alcohol, and causes his late sister's daughters many problems, and after the death of the head of this family and his wife, this uncle tries to control the money and property of his sister's family

How to Sell a Massacre (2019)

Rebel Architecture (2014)

A documentary series profiling architects who are using design as a form of activism and resistance to tackle the world’s urban, environmental and social crises. The series follows architects from Vietnam, Nigeria, Spain, Pakistan, Israel/Occupied West Bank and Brazil who believe architecture can do more than iconic towers and luxury flats – turning away from elite “starchitecture” to design for the majority.

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo (2012)

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo was a Philippine daytime television drama airing on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Gold, in association with The Filipino Channel..

Science in a Golden Age (2015)

From satellite-enabled GPS to hi-tech medical procedures – much of today's modern science builds on the work of great thinkers from the past. But while the names Newton, Galileo and Copernicus are well known, just who were the scientists who came before them - in the Golden Age of Islamic Science? Iraqi-born theoretical physicist Jim al-Khalili takes us on a journey of discovery, unravelling the links between the latest scientific developments and the unsung scientific heroes of the past.