Middle East Near You

One Day in Gaza is a BBC Current Affairs production for BBC and WGBH/Frontline made by award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert and broadcast on Monday, 13 May, 2019, on BBC2.

The pandemic of extremism is an issue all too familiar to a 21st century audience. Although droves of impressionable, misguided young people leave everything behind to join groups such...

In the dingy backstreets of Libya, illuminated only by the headlights of parked cars, a group of women play football. A not uncommon sight in other places is warped...

On 20 March 2003, American troops began a month-long invasion of Iraq. Aided by Great Britain and smaller groups from other countries, they quickly overpowered the Iraqi military forces....

“We live in the Middle East. The word ‘offensive’ was born here,” says a character in the film – if one sentence could sum up “The Insult” in its...

Rashidieh was built in 1963 by UNRWA to accommodate Palestinian refugees

Fatima’s husband and two of her brothers were killed by fighters in Syria. Fearing for her children’s lives, she escaped her homeland and embarked on an arduous journey to Morocco...

John McColgan journeyed through the occupied Palestinian territories to witness the struggles endured by Palestinians and the inspiring partnerships which aim to improve people's lives

On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, Salma reads the young girl’s future in the dregs of a coffee cup. She realises that her daughter, Alia, will have an...

The 2 November this year marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration – 100 years since Britain signed over a country that it did not own, displacing nearly a...