The recent generations have been bathed in connecting technology from birth, says futurist Don Tapscott, and as a result the world is transforming into one that is far more open and transparent. In this inspiring talk, he lists the four...

Can we fight terror without destroying democracy? Internet freedom activist Rebecca MacKinnon thinks that we'll lose the battle against extremism and demagoguery if we censor the internet and press. In this critical talk, she calls for a...

Throughout the history of Islam, says journalist Bobby Ghosh, there have been two sides to jihad: one, internal, a personal struggle to be better, the other external. A small minority has appropriated the second meaning, using it as an...

We examine how social media and modern technology helped to bring down many regimes across the Arab world. We meet the Tunisian who uploaded the very first video from Sidi Bouzid – kick starting the “Arab Spring”. In Cairo, a protestor...

Dictators are overthrown in part 6 of our epic journey through the revolutions that set the power dynamics of our modern civilization.

The fathers of British fighters visit the exact spot where their children were killed in battle with the Kurdish Resistance against ISIS. They have taken this trip to learn more about their children's last days and to say a final...

Parents of foreign fighters in Syria grapple with the pain, pride, and even relief of losing their children in another country's war. Someone Else's War part 4

The fathers of three Britons killed while fighting with the Kurdish resistance travel to Syria to meet the people who fought alongside their children. They visit a few towns where their children lived and died and learn more about the...

The parents of a few Britons killed while fighting for the Kurdish resistance agains ISIS talk about their children; who they were and what may have motivated them to join the resistance. A few parents were shocked, a few were not, and...

As of March, 2018, more than 20 Britons had fought with the Kurdish resistance against Isis and eight had died. The Kurdish resistance invited their parents to Syria. Three fathers accepted the invitation, hoping to learn more about...

In April, 2019 Haftar begins a seige on the UN-backed Libyan government. Violence and instability deepen as international players vie for power in Libya and the conflict devolves into a proxy war. Untold Chaos part 6

After the second election, two governments vie for power in Libya and the country is engulfed in a civil war. Hear what some members of the Tuareg people think about the poltical situation, how ex-Gaddafi general Haftar is attempting to...

Various political and ethnic groups struggle for power in the aftermath of the Libyan revolution and elections. The Tawergha people are viewed as Gaddafi loyalists and have consequently been exiled to a displaced persons camp in Tripoli....

As Libya prepares for election day, people demonstrate in the streets, politicians give speeches, and election support centers take calls from the public. Learn what people are excited about and what they fear as the elections approach....

Under Gaddafi's rule, the Amazigh and Tabou tribes were prohibited from speaking their language and from giving their children non-Arab names. With Gaddafi gone, they hope things will change but do not expect change to come easily. Learn...

For ten years, Libya has attempted to transition from dictatorship to democracy. Hear the voices and experiences of everday Libyans as they process a revolution and prepare for an election. Warning: graphic images of violence Untold...

Western values have been extraordinarily successful. Yet now, we seem on the backfoot unsure of ourselves and sometimes embarrassed at our own past. Beset with postmodern doubts, do we need to revive belief in the value and importance of...

Western values have been extraordinarily successful. Yet now, we seem on the backfoot unsure of ourselves and sometimes embarrassed at our own past. Beset with postmodern doubts, do we need to revive belief in the value and importance of...

Political satire can only flourish in a healthy democracy. KAL, the award-winning cartoonist of The Economist, meets one of the most famous figures of the Arab spring—the “Jon Stewart of the Middle East”.