Episodes

10 episodes in this season

The Making of the Arabs

Between Two Worlds

The City Victorious?

The Power of the Word

New Knowledge for Old

Ways of Faith

The Shadow of the West

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Building a Nation

Family Ties

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The Arabs: A Living History

TV Series

197950m

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Building a Nation

Season 1 · Episode 8

The last three films in “The Arabs” focus on the processes of post-Colonial change in the Arab world. Mahfoud Bannoune analyses the problems faced by Arabs as they constructed their new nations over the past quarter of a century and the solutions open to them. He does so by reference to his own country, Algeria, which achieved its independence in 1962, with appalling loss of life. If old ways were obsolete and a new age had to be created in the aftermath of an eight-year war, what industrial and economic options were open to the Algerians? Mahfoud Bannoune looks at the process of industrialisation and its effects upon a traditional farm and peasant-based economy; its effect upon the quality of day to day life as services and facilities have tried to keep pace with the rush to the cities.

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The Arabs: A Living History

TV Series

197950m

Documentary

Now playing

Building a Nation

Season 1 · Episode 8

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