Islam
Smith discovered Islam as an adult, and became enamored with Islamic conceptions of order, justice, mercy, and compassion. He still prays five times a day as Muslims do. The Sufis opened the doors of Islam to Smith. Through their trance-inducing dan...
Muhammad: The Voice of God
"There is among you the messenger of God, the future prophet whom the gospel has announced as the successor of Jesus." This program narrates the biography of Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca, reportedly called by Allah to be his prophet and spread th...
The Children of Allah
A film from another world - from the school forming the Islamic priests, the Jihad warriors, the fundamentalists - and the Taliban. There are more than 10.000 religious schools, the so-called Madrassas in Pakistan. One of the Madrassas in the border...
Race, Ethnicity and Family: Immigrant Families in the United States
Discrimination based on race or ethnicity is an issue that affects and has affected millions of people who have come to the United States to live. When tension and fear are at their highest, as in post 9/11 America, anti-immigrant sentiment often r...
The Language of Science: Science and Islam—The Golden Age
When Caliph Abdul Malik made Arabic the official language of his culturally diverse empire, he inadvertently laid the foundation for a scientific revolution. In this program, physics professor Jim Al-Khalili travels through Iran, Tunisia, and Spain ...
Islam
Five times a day, one fifth of the world's population faces Mecca and falls to its knees in prayer. This program illustrates how, through architecture and art, Muslims have articulated their faith. Architectural sites include the Great Mosque of Dje...
The Empire of Reason: Science and Islam—The Golden Age
In this program physics professor Jim Al-Khalili provides evidence that medieval Islamic scientists were among the first to insist that scholarly theories be backed up by experimental observation. Traveling throughout Syria and Egypt, Al-Khalili pro...
Changing Families: Impact of the Family
An Arab-American family in Dearborn, Michigan, a lesbian couple and their daughter in San Francisco, California, and a family living among the Amish in Pennsylvania are profiled. They illustrate how living in a family has an enormous impact on nea...
Tunisia, Year Zero
On January 14th, 2011, the people of Tunisia took to the streets in mass protest and toppled the government of Ben Ali. The event has a tremendous impact in the region which triggers the Arab Spring. Following the revolution, Tunisians make the radi...
Edward Said: the myth of the clash of civilizations
In this important lecture, which is particularly relevant to the "War on Terrorism," Edward Said challenges the ideological assumption that the contemporary world is characterized by conflicts between different and "clashing" civilizations (Western,...