Tracks East

One year after the fall of Assad, the threat of Islamic State is still present in a divided Syria.

For years, the Assad secret services took away thousands of children from opponents of the regime and made them disappear.

Formerly a fear leader in the civil war, now Ahmed Al Charaa is a respected head of state.

In late April 2025, fighting between militias and government security forces in Druze areas of Damascus has brought violence back to Syria

Women in north-east Syria are fighting for their homeland and for their hard-won equal rights.

In late November 2024, an opposition coalition seized Aleppo and toppled the Assad regime. What is life like in the newly liberated city?

On Sunday 8 December 2024, Syrians woke up to the news that Bashar Al Assad had fled the country.

Hundreds of thousands have fled Lebanon since September as a result of the Israeli bombing raids, including many Syrian war refugees, who have to flee conflict again.

In a Syria ravaged by more than a decade of war, small makeshift refineries employ refugee children in terrible conditions.

 One year on, ARTE Reportage goes back to Syria to see how the local population is coping after the earthquake.

In north-west Syria on the border with Turkey lies the Al-Nouri camp, where blind civilians are housed.

Hamoudé is just 12 years old, but with his dad in jail, he's the breadwinner of the family

In late November 2024, an opposition coalition seized Aleppo and toppled the Assad regime. What is life like in the newly liberated city?

Opposing the Neom project in Saudi Arabia can get you put in prison or killed.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

Coupé-Décalé got the world dancing in the early 2000s. Today, its little brother, biama, is going through the roof.

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality.

From London to Amsterdam, the Eastern Margins collective is raising the temperature in the Asian alternative scene.

The story of a wealthy man saving a ‘fallen’ woman has become a cliché (Pretty Woman, Anora), far from the reality of prostitution. But what if sex workers told their own stories through art?

How can we communicate without internet and 5G? Tracks meets fans of off grid communication in London, Barcelona, and Bologna.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.

British band bring Me The Horizon bring their power metalcore to the main stage at Hellfest.

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface...