MIDDLE EAST

  • This week, Dateline meets the women of Jordan, who've been imprisoned under the guise of keeping them safe.
    Monday, 29th September,2008

    JORDAN – JAILING THE INNOCENT

    Dateline speaks exclusively to women in Jordan who've been sent to prison to keep them from being 'honour killed' by members of their own families.

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  • Concern is mounting in Egypt over the wider effects of climate change.
    Monday, 8th September,2008

    EGYPT'S RISING TIDE

    This week Sophie McNeill meets some concerned Egyptians, who are pleading to the rest of the world to take climate change seriously.

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  • Tuesday, 2nd September,2008

    US HANDS CONTROL OF ANBAR BACK TO IRAQ

    Iraqi forces on Monday took control of the Sunni Anbar province, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country.

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  • Fouad Hady, a former film student in Iraq who spent 1999 in immigration detention in Australia, returns to Iraq to demonstrate what life is like for ordinary Iraqis.
    Thursday, 21st August,2008

    TALES FROM KARRADA

    Meet Fouad Hady, a former film student in Iraq who returns to his home country every so often to document the changes there.

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  • This week Dateline invites you into life inside a 24 hour TV station, Iraqi-style
    Monday, 21st July,2008

    INSIDE IRAQI TV

    Dateline takes you inside a TV station, Iraqi style.

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  • This week Dateline invites you into the virtual world of Egypt's online community.
    Monday, 30th June,2008

    EGYPT'S FACEBOOK FACE OFF

    This week Dateline invites you into the virtual world of Egypt's online community.

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  • This week Mark Davis reports from Beirut, where a potential peace deal between Hezbollah and the government could restore order
    Wednesday, 11th June,2008

    LEBANON - DEAL OR NO DEAL

    Just weeks ago more than 60 people were killed in fighting between the Lebanese government and the militant organisation Hezbollah but now, the two have struck a deal for peace.

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  • The Kurdish Question
    Friday, 4th April,2008

    THE KURDISH QUESTION

    This week Video Journalist Sophie McNeil tackles the perplexing question of independence of Iraq's Kurds.

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  • The Yazidis
    Monday, 17th March,2008

    THE YAZIDIS - DOUBLY DAMNED

    This week Sophie McNeill travels to Northern Iraq, where almost one year ago, one of the world's most notorious terrorist attacks left hundreds dead.

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  • The Coldest Winter
    Monday, 3rd March,2008

    THE COLDEST WINTER

    Coming up this week, John Martinkus reports from Afghanistan, as he travels with the US 82nd Airborne.

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  • A young Gazan spends his evening digging a tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border
    Monday, 25th February,2008

    THE GAZA TUNNELS

    Welcome to the hellish conditions of the Gaza strip. Unemployment is now at a record high and the need for basic supplies has given birth to a black market economy and a flow of contraband.

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  • The Killing of Mary Awanis
    Wednesday, 21st November,2007

    THE KILLING OF MARY AWANIS

    Sophie McNeill brings you the story of Mary Awanis, a single mother killed in Iraq by an Australian-run private security firm.

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  • Forgotten Soldiers
    Thursday, 1st November,2007

    FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS

    Previously: Tens of thousands of US soldiers are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

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  • On the streets of Baghdad
    Thursday, 1st November,2007

    FOUAD'S BAGHDAD

    Previously: Contributing Video Journalist Fou'ad Hady takes us on a journey through dangerous Baghdad.

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  • Israel's Ultra Orthodox
    Thursday, 18th October,2007

    ISRAEL'S ULTRA ORTHODOX

    It seems that the unending conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians is never out of the news, but there is another battle in the Jewish state that is far less obvious to outsiders.

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