https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/taqarir?ep=s18e34 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/f6aV4htsVWc/s:1280:720/plain/118/mosul-markets-3.webp@jpg Markets on Mosul's right bank win back customers after years of reconstruction Muhannad Al-Taai reports on trade in the markets of Mosul's right bank, where shops are back in business after their façades were restored and the roads to them reopened. The episode also includes a report from Karbala on three new schools that end triple-shift teaching in one of its neighbourhoods, and another from Baghdad on rehabilitation work on Al-Rashid Street. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Revitalizing_Commerce_in_Mosul_DOD_105978853-5e0ceebf47708.webm/Revitalizing_Commerce_in_Mosul_DOD_105978853-5e0ceebf47708.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 149 2026-10-28T10:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/awraq?ep=s8e6 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/rbLJu6YWhzU/s:1280:720/plain/113/mosul-library-4.webp@jpg Libraries in cafés and neighbourhoods: young people bringing readers back to books The episode follows youth initiatives in Mosul, Baghdad and Basra that have turned corners of cafés and parks into free lending and reading libraries. Dr Nadia Al-Shammari talks to the founder of one of these initiatives and a public librarian about the reading habits of the new generation, and closes with the week's recommendations. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Wikipedia_Arabic_Day_Mosul_Heritage_Library_July_2026.webm/Wikipedia_Arabic_Day_Mosul_Heritage_Library_July_2026.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 52 2026-10-28T08:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/khidmatak?ep=s5e28 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/5P9GUeuPGhY/s:1280:720/plain/115/mosul-markets-0.webp@jpg A Mosul teacher's pension claim, stalled for two years, is resolved after an on-air call The episode presented the case of a retired teacher from Mosul who has been waiting two years for his pension because of an error in calculating his years of service. After a live call with the Nineveh branch of the National Pension Authority, it was decided to review the file within a week and pay his entitlements retroactively, and the programme will follow up with the pensioner to make sure. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Revitalizing_Commerce_in_Mosul_DOD_105978853-5e0ceebf47708.webm/Revitalizing_Commerce_in_Mosul_DOD_105978853-5e0ceebf47708.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 149 2026-10-28T06:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/sabah?ep=s13e33 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/qKXGS4lx0eY/s:1280:720/plain/139/najaf-market-4.webp@jpg Ahead of World Food Day: how to read a product label and cut food waste at home A tour of a shopping centre in Najaf to read product labels and expiry dates, with a nutritionist's tips on planning the week's shopping and throwing away less food. In the studio, a young man from Diwaniyah who launched an initiative to collect surplus restaurant food and distribute it to families in need. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Al_Basheer_shopping_center%2C_Najaf.webm 52 2026-10-28T03:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/rihab?ep=s21e35 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/2mgdeLHaWW8/s:1280:720/plain/23/archive-kadhimiya-1.webp@jpg The blessing of early mornings: how does waking early change our day and our health? Dr Hassan Al-Kaabi starts from the Prophet's supplication “O God, bless my nation in its early mornings” to talk about the value of the first hours of the morning for worship, work and mental health. The episode hosts a sleep medicine specialist who explains the effect of staying up late on students and employees, with practical tips for organising the family's day. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/La_grande_mosqu%C3%A9e_de_al-Kazimiyah%2C_Bagdad%2C_Irak.webm 30 2026-10-28T02:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/hiwar?ep=s14e12 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/0QP4cJgX9pM/s:1280:720/plain/78/baghdad-bridge-night-1.webp@jpg Next year's budget: spending priorities, deficit limits and public-sector salaries “Hour of Dialogue” hosts a member of the parliamentary finance committee and two public finance experts to discuss the outlines of next year's budget before it reaches parliament. The discussion covers the salary bill, which accounts for more than half of spending, planned borrowing and the provinces' share of investment projects, along with viewers' questions by phone. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 48 2026-10-27T18:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/nabd?ep=s9e33 2026-10-28T11:03:28+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/Jaa6W_sWNoY/s:1280:720/plain/88/basra-rain-2.webp@jpg Before the winter rains: will drainage networks in Basra's neighbourhoods hold up? “Street Pulse” toured the Jumhuriya, Hayaniya and Khamsa Mil neighbourhoods, whose streets flooded last winter, and found storm drains clogged with rubbish and pumping stations running at half capacity. In a call on air, the head of Basra's sewerage directorate pledged to finish clearing the main lines before mid-November. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 299 2026-10-27T15:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/mashhad?ep=s7e28 2026-10-28T11:03:28+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/FFB8qPxQJk4/s:1280:720/plain/166/water-map-0.webp@jpg The regional water and energy summit: what did the Iraqi delegation take with it, and what did it br The episode examines the outcomes of the regional summit on water and energy, and the pledges Iraq secured on water releases and electricity interconnection. The two guests discuss the difference between final communiqués and binding agreements, and the tools available to Iraqi negotiators in the coming months. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv.1080p.vp9.webm 40 2026-10-27T11:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/taqarir?ep=s18e33 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/Jaa6W_sWNoY/s:1280:720/plain/88/basra-rain-2.webp@jpg The season's first rains expose bottlenecks in the drainage network in Basra's neighbourhoods Yasser Al-Amiri covered the season's first showers in Basra and the standing water they left in the Jumhuriya and Hayaniya neighbourhoods, and relayed the sewerage directorate's response to residents' complaints. The episode also includes a report from Nineveh on the start of the olive harvest in Bashiqa, and another from Baghdad on a campaign to clean up the banks of the Tigris. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 299 2026-10-27T10:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/khidmatak?ep=s5e27 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/Jaa6W_sWNoY/s:1280:720/plain/88/basra-rain-2.webp@jpg Residents of Basra's Jumhuriya neighbourhood fear their street will flood again, as the sewerage dir The programme showed clips filmed by a resident of Basra's Jumhuriya neighbourhood of their street flooding in last winter's rains, amid fears of a repeat as the season approaches. The Basra Sewerage Directorate responded by sending crews to unblock the storm drains and clear the main line, and promised to install a fixed pump for the area before December. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 299 2026-10-27T06:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/sabah?ep=s13e32 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/vdhtfirO7TA/s:1280:720/plain/111/mosul-library-2.webp@jpg Young people digitally preserve Mosul's manuscripts, and tips for choosing your child's first book A report from Mosul's heritage library, where young volunteers photograph and catalogue old manuscripts so they remain available to researchers. In the studio, a children's author suggests books for every age and explains how bedtime reading can become a daily habit at home. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Wikipedia_Arabic_Day_Mosul_Heritage_Library_July_2026.webm/Wikipedia_Arabic_Day_Mosul_Heritage_Library_July_2026.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 52 2026-10-27T03:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/rihab?ep=s21e34 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/u_x8JsfHhuQ/s:1280:720/plain/123/mosul-mosque-2.webp@jpg From the kuttab to the school: the teacher's standing in our heritage and today As the school year begins, the episode looks back at the kuttabs that were attached to mosques in Mosul, Baghdad and Najaf, and the reverence for teachers they instilled. The guest discusses the decline of teachers' standing in some schools, and the role of families and the media in restoring respect for a profession of which the poet said: “The teacher is all but a messenger.” https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Mahmud_al-Numa_Mosque_Mosul_May_2025.webm/Mahmud_al-Numa_Mosque_Mosul_May_2025.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 138 2026-10-27T02:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/nabd?ep=s9e32 2026-10-28T11:03:28+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/fa_FyvPIrW4/s:1280:720/plain/138/najaf-market-3.webp@jpg Expiry dates and price tags: an inspection tour of Najaf's shops The programme accompanied a health inspection and consumer protection team on a tour of Najaf's large stores, where expired goods and others without price tags were seized. Shoppers spoke of differences of up to two thousand dinars in the price of the same item from one shop to another, while the episode's guest called for indicative prices to be published weekly. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Al_Basheer_shopping_center%2C_Najaf.webm 52 2026-10-26T15:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/dhaif?ep=s5e6 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/RJaaTMnu6Wc/s:1280:720/plain/141/najaf-night-0.webp@jpg Najaf's para powerlifting champion: from a small neighbourhood gym to Asian podiums The episode meets a para powerlifting champion who began training in a modest gym in a Najaf neighbourhood before winning Arab and Asian medals. He talks about the accident that changed his life, his preparations for the Asian Para Games, and the young people of his city who celebrated his return on Al-Rawan Street. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/New_Year%27s_Eve_in_Najaf%2C_Al_Rawan_St_.webm/New_Year%27s_Eve_in_Najaf%2C_Al_Rawan_St_.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 108 2026-10-26T12:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/mashhad?ep=s7e27 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/EASgvmk5qEs/s:1280:720/plain/77/baghdad-bridge-night-0.webp@jpg Rising oil prices: a chance to close the budget deficit or a temporary painkiller? With the price per barrel exceeding budget forecasts, the episode discusses the impact of the extra revenue on the planned deficit and on the government's ability to fund investment projects. The two guests warn against building permanent commitments on volatile prices and put forward a proposal for a fiscal stabilisation fund. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 48 2026-10-26T11:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/taqarir?ep=s18e32 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/RJaaTMnu6Wc/s:1280:720/plain/141/najaf-night-0.webp@jpg Najaf's Al-Rawan Street becomes an evening promenade for families as the weather turns mild Al-Forat's camera toured Al-Rawan Street in Najaf at night after the municipality decided to close it to cars on Friday and Saturday evenings, and asked shoppers and shop owners about the experience. The episode also includes a report from Basra on the expansion of the quays at Umm Qasr port, and another from Karbala on a book fair at a public library. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/New_Year%27s_Eve_in_Najaf%2C_Al_Rawan_St_.webm/New_Year%27s_Eve_in_Najaf%2C_Al_Rawan_St_.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 108 2026-10-26T10:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/ardh?ep=s10e6 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/PmqkJnmPjak/s:1280:720/plain/169/water-map-3.webp@jpg The winter plan and available water: how many dunams of wheat can be sown this season? The episode reads satellite maps tracking the decline in water reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates basins, and asks how it will affect the area covered by the winter agricultural plan. A water resources expert explains how quotas are allocated among the provinces, while farmers from Wasit share their experience with sprinkler irrigation. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv.1080p.vp9.webm 40 2026-10-26T07:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/khidmatak?ep=s5e26 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/brdL813S1mg/s:1280:720/plain/129/mosul-old-city-2.webp@jpg Alleys in Old Mosul without mains water since residents returned, as the water directorate sets a da The programme's camera toured the alleys of the Old City, where families have restored their homes and moved back in but still buy water from mobile tankers. The programme took the complaint to the Nineveh Water Directorate, which announced that new pipes would be laid in three alleys next month as part of a project to rehabilitate the network. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/Hammam_al-Manqusha_to_Zaytuni_Mosque_Mosul_15_03_2025.webm/Hammam_al-Manqusha_to_Zaytuni_Mosque_Mosul_15_03_2025.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 324 2026-10-26T06:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/sabah?ep=s13e31 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/f68CJva12hI/s:1280:720/plain/86/basra-rain-0.webp@jpg As the weather turns: colds in children, and how to prepare the home for the rainy season A paediatrician talked about the difference between a common cold and seasonal flu, and the warning signs that call for a visit to the doctor. After footage of last season's rains in Basra, a civil engineer explained how to check roofs and unblock gutters before the first downpour, with light rain forecast for the south. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 299 2026-10-26T03:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/rihab?ep=s21e33 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/4rxOGLWgr5Q/s:1280:720/plain/64/archive-najaf-0.webp@jpg Imam Ali's covenant to Malik Al-Ashtar: lessons in justice and integrity in public office The programme reads passages from the covenant of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib to his governor of Egypt, one of the best-known texts on administration and governance in the Islamic heritage. The guest dwells on its counsel on selecting officials, holding them to account and providing them with a sufficient livelihood, and what that means today for fighting bribery and serving the public well. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Lamosquee_d%27Ali%2C_Nedjef%2C_Irak.webm 25 2026-10-26T02:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/nabd?ep=s9e31 2026-10-28T11:03:28+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/brdL813S1mg/s:1280:720/plain/129/mosul-old-city-2.webp@jpg Returning to Old Mosul: rebuilt homes, but services yet to arrive In the alleys of the Maydan and Qulayat quarters, “Street Pulse” met families who have returned to their homes after restoration but still depend on trucked-in water tanks and neighbourhood generators. The programme put residents' complaints to the Nineveh Water Directorate, which announced a timetable for connecting a new network serving more than four hundred homes. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/Hammam_al-Manqusha_to_Zaytuni_Mosque_Mosul_15_03_2025.webm/Hammam_al-Manqusha_to_Zaytuni_Mosque_Mosul_15_03_2025.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 324 2026-10-25T15:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/hikayat?ep=s6e6 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/xRsd2JGV9-M/s:1280:720/plain/7/archive-baghdad-3.webp@jpg The cafés of Al-Rashid Street: where Baghdad read, argued and sang Sara Al-Nuaimi wanders through the memory of the cafés of Al-Rashid Street since it opened more than a century ago, from the Zahawi Café to the Hassan Ajami and Umm Kulthum cafés, where poets, politicians and maqam enthusiasts gathered. Through the testimony of longtime regulars and rare archive footage, the episode tells how the cafés were the city's popular parliament. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Aspects_of_the_city_of_Baghdad.webm 82 2026-10-25T13:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/mashhad?ep=s7e26 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/RKzhKEM0DQ0/s:1280:720/plain/89/basra-rain-3.webp@jpg Infrastructure rehabilitation plan in 18 provinces: who pays and who monitors implementation? The episode unpacks the government's plan to rehabilitate road, sewerage and water networks over three years: its funding sources, how companies are selected and the oversight role of provincial councils. A report from Basra presents the example of a delayed drainage project, and the two guests propose linking payments to actual completion rates. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm/Basra_rain%2C_Nov_21%2C_2013.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 299 2026-10-25T11:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/hiwar?ep=s14e11 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/FFB8qPxQJk4/s:1280:720/plain/166/water-map-0.webp@jpg Water negotiations with upstream countries: what cards does Iraq hold? A discussion of the course of water negotiations with upstream countries after a summer that saw the lowest levels in the Tigris and the Euphrates for years. The two guests discuss bilateral agreements and the rules of international law on shared rivers, the link between the water and trade files, and what Baghdad needs to turn understandings into guaranteed water quotas. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv.1080p.vp9.webm 40 2026-10-24T18:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/wajh?ep=s11e6 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/f6aV4htsVWc/s:1280:720/plain/118/mosul-markets-3.webp@jpg Former transport ministry undersecretary: the Development Road between international corridor ambiti The programme puts questions to its guest about the Development Road project, which runs from the Grand Faw Port to the northern border: the cost of construction, funding sources and the timetable. It asks him what share of jobs and investment the cities along the route, including Mosul and its markets, will get, and about competition with regional corridors. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Revitalizing_Commerce_in_Mosul_DOD_105978853-5e0ceebf47708.webm/Revitalizing_Commerce_in_Mosul_DOD_105978853-5e0ceebf47708.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 149 2026-10-22T09:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/awraq?ep=s8e5 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/D23GssQjfUg/s:1280:720/plain/5/archive-baghdad-1.webp@jpg Baghdad's first press: from the newspaper “Al-Zawraa” to the magazines of the 1920s The episode goes back to 1869, when “Al-Zawraa”, Iraq's first newspaper, was published, and traces the birth of the Baghdad press in the early 20th century and its literary and satirical magazines. The two guests read examples of articles from that period and talk about the role of the press in shaping the city's modern cultural awareness. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Aspects_of_the_city_of_Baghdad.webm 82 2026-10-21T08:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/hiwar?ep=s14e10 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/qKXGS4lx0eY/s:1280:720/plain/139/najaf-market-4.webp@jpg Protecting local products: customs tariffs between the factory's interests and the consumer's pocket Do customs tariffs raise prices for consumers, or do they protect Iraqi factories and farms? The programme talks to an industrialist, an economist and a member of the parliamentary economy committee about decisions to ban imports of goods that have a local alternative, the quality and competitiveness of national products, and the experience of countries that protected their industries without harming consumers. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Al_Basheer_shopping_center%2C_Najaf.webm 52 2026-10-20T18:00:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/dhaif?ep=s5e5 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/7Gc7EFxXBSA/s:1280:720/plain/103/mosul-heritage-mosque-0.webp@jpg A Mosul restoration engineer: how the Old City's mosques got their arches and doors back The episode hosts an architect from Mosul who has spent six years on projects restoring mosques and heritage houses in the Old City. The camera goes with her to the Omar Al-Aswad Mosque in the Shahr Suq quarter, where she tells how its arches and wooden doors were rebuilt with Mosul stone and marble by craftsmen from the city itself. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/Umar_al-Aswad_Shahr_Souq_Mosque_Mosul_Video.webm/Umar_al-Aswad_Shahr_Souq_Mosque_Mosul_Video.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 328 2026-10-19T12:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/ardh?ep=s10e5 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/lbkQBo3u8kg/s:1280:720/plain/52/archive-mosul-rural-0.webp@jpg The olive harvest in Bashiqa, and from the archive: animal-powered irrigation on the banks of the Ti The programme joins Bashiqa families at the start of the olive harvest, visits a press that combines traditional millstones with modern machinery, and asks about this year's oil prices. And from the archive of Iraqi farming, footage filmed near Mosul in 1927 shows how animals were used to lift water from the river. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Aspects_de_la_vie_rurale%2C_Tigre_Mossoul_Environs_de_Mossoul%2C_Irak_1927.webm 102 2026-10-19T07:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/hikayat?ep=s6e5 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/-4u9CmR6aJs/s:1280:720/plain/26/archive-kadhimiya-4.webp@jpg The Kadhimiya tramway: the story of Baghdad's first public transport line The episode tells the story of the horse-drawn tramway between Baghdad and Kadhimiya, dating from the time of the governor Midhat Pasha in the 19th century, which for decades carried pilgrims, traders and students. Using archive photographs and the recollections of elderly residents, it retraces the route and its stops, up to its closure in the 1940s. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/La_grande_mosqu%C3%A9e_de_al-Kazimiyah%2C_Bagdad%2C_Irak.webm 30 2026-10-18T13:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/wajh?ep=s11e5 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/oMsC6YETVRA/s:1280:720/plain/171/water-map-5.webp@jpg Former water resources undersecretary: next summer will be harder unless we change how we irrigate The programme put before its guest satellite maps showing the decline in water reserves in the Tigris and Euphrates basins, and asked him about current storage in the dams and the winter plan's allocation. The guest spoke about the waste caused by flood irrigation, the cost of switching to modern irrigation, and who should bear it: the state or the farmer. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv/Freshwater_Losses_In_The_Middle_East.ogv.1080p.vp9.webm 40 2026-10-15T09:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/awraq?ep=s8e4 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/lkYDZsL3H5k/s:1280:720/plain/106/mosul-heritage-mosque-3.webp@jpg Mosul marble: the city's stone returns to its mihrabs and doorways The episode visits the carving workshops that have revived Mosul's bluish-grey marble after years in which its quarries stood idle, and follows its use in restoring mihrabs, doorways and columns in the mosques of Old Mosul. It talks to a young sculptor and a professor of Islamic art about the beauty and symbolism of this stone. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/Umar_al-Aswad_Shahr_Souq_Mosque_Mosul_Video.webm/Umar_al-Aswad_Shahr_Souq_Mosque_Mosul_Video.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 328 2026-10-14T08:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/dhaif?ep=s5e4 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/8BEGtkfJuG4/s:1280:720/plain/79/baghdad-bridge-night-2.webp@jpg A young maqam singer brings the voice of old Baghdad back to evenings on the Tigris The episode's guest is a young maqam singer from Baghdad who trained at the Iraqi Maqam House and holds weekly evening performances on the banks of the Tigris near Sarafiya Bridge. He talks about the differences between the main maqams and a young audience that has begun returning to the art form, and performs an excerpt of Maqam Rast in the studio with a Baghdadi chalghi ensemble. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 48 2026-10-12T12:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/ardh?ep=s10e4 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/lARNUMEuD9Y/s:1280:720/plain/72/archive-tigris-2.webp@jpg The date harvest in the orchards of Rashidiya, and the palms of the Tigris as filmed in 1927 The programme toured the orchards of Rashidiya, north of Baghdad, as the date harvest began, and checked the prices of Zahdi, Khastawi and Barhi dates at the Jamila wholesale market. It also showed rare archive footage of the palm-lined banks of the Tigris and the sailing boats that carried the crop to market a century ago. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Le_Tigre_El-Ozeir%2C_Irak.webm 37 2026-10-12T07:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/hikayat?ep=s6e4 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/yjQa-iWcOLY/s:1280:720/plain/71/archive-tigris-1.webp@jpg Tigris floods in Baghdad's memory: from the Nazim Pasha embankment to the 1954 flood Baghdadis used to count the flood seasons as they counted the holidays. The episode recalls the earthen embankment built by the governor Nazim Pasha to protect the city, the days of the 1954 flood when residents turned out to raise the levees, and the water storage projects that ended the era of great floods. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Le_Tigre_El-Ozeir%2C_Irak.webm 37 2026-10-11T13:30:00+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/en/programs/wajh?ep=s11e4 2026-10-28T11:03:29+00:00 https://alforattv.next-hosty.com/img/EASgvmk5qEs/s:1280:720/plain/77/baghdad-bridge-night-0.webp@jpg Demography professor: what do the census figures say about the Iraq of 2035? An hour with a university professor specialising in population studies who reads the results of the general census: the proportion of young people, migration from the countryside to the cities, and the pressure on Baghdad. She answers direct questions: how many schools, hospitals and housing units will the country need in the next decade, and are plans really being built on these figures? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm/Al-Sarafiya_bridge_on_Tigris_River_at_night_in_Baghdad.webm.1080p.vp9.webm 48 2026-10-08T09:30:00+00:00