AJ Longreads
AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
A letter to Australia's immigration minister from a refugee
When Novak Djokovic was detained in Melbourne during the Australian Open he was held at the Park Hotel. Someone you probably haven't heard of was also in custody there at the same time. Mehdi Ali, a …
Borderlands: fear, uncertainty and life along Ukraine’s frontline
Journalist Nils Adler takes us through the human story behind the Ukraine crisis. Residents he speaks to wonder what the future holds if Russia invades.
The oysterman, the pirate and Louisiana's disappearing wetlands
On this week's AJ Long Reads we're on the trail of a pirate.
Written by Delaney Nolan.
Read by Richard Martin.
In Russia, Indigenous land defenders face intimidation and exile
Pressure on communities in Russia comes as regional elites and big companies look to develop resource-rich Indigenous lands.
Written by Mansur Mirovalev.
Read by Pete Ferrand
Revisit: Afghan Interpreters betrayed
Hundreds of Afghans risked their lives to assist the US military with interpreting and other services after 9-11. Fearing for their lives, many have been desperate to leave since the Taliban re-took …
‘The radio station at the heart of an India-GDR friendship’.
This week we have the untold story of a shared history that is now coming to light.This is 'the radio station at the heart of an India-GDR friendship'.
Written by Gouri Sharma
Read by Mohita Namjos…
Revisiting 'I was born here, I'll be buried here' In Afghanistan to stay
In August 2021, the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of people fled remembering how in the 1990s the group ruled through fear. But one Afghan woman has chosen to stay - eve…
Revisiting Nigeria’s unregulated human egg industry
On this week's AJ Long Reads we revisit Nigeria’s unregulated human egg industry. It's a booming fertility business, but women who donate their eggs face unfavourable conditions along with health and…
‘We do the police’s job’
With the Lebanese state in crisis, some unlikely characters are imposing law and order in one of the country’s most neglected regions.
‘We do the police’s job’: Defending Lebanon’s most lawless towns…
The Louisiana Indigenous community fighting for hurricane justice
After Hurricane Ida, Chief Shirell and her tribe aim to rebuild even as sinking land, government neglect imperil their survival.
Written by Delaney Nolan
Read by Sheila Sharma
'Humans are for the grave'
After post-coup protests, Karen State in Myanmar faced a crackdown by the nation's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. Now, many rebuild, while others grow defiant.
Ready by Loveday Smith.
Horrors on the Plateau
In central Nigeria, the farmer-herder conflict is now one of the country's deadliest security threats after Boko Haram in the northeast and banditry in the northwest.
Hear from the witness accounts.
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Canada's 'crying shame': The fields full of children's bones
Brandi Morin has been reporting on the mass graves of Indigenous children recently discovered at residential schools in Canada. Being Cree, Iroquoi and French, she was naturally pulled to investigate…
The last warrior of Africa's ‘Forgotten Army’
At 102 years old, Ebou Janha, is the only surviving veteran of 1 Gambia Regiment – soldiers who helped the British fight against Japanese troops in then-Burma during the Second World War.
On this wee…
DR Congo’s gold rush sex trade
In an insecure part of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where some of the world’s most valuable minerals are mined, impoverished women and girls sell their bodies to put food on the table.
W…
'What we fear as women': Degrees of Abuse
The MeToo movement took down powerful men across the spectrum of high profile careers. But how much do powerful lecturers still impact the lives and careers of younger women?
The AJ I-Unit investigat…
‘Kill them all, don’t spare anyone’
A survivor of an attack in Solhan, Burkina Faso gives a harrowing account of the massacre.
Written by Sam Mednick.
Read by Ben Mitchell.
Inside Nigeria’s unregulated human egg industry
Nigeria’s unregulated human egg industry is a booming fertility business, but women who donate their eggs face unfavourable conditions and health and safety risks.
Written by Mariam Adetona.
Read by …
Ukrainian soldiers bear the invisible scars of war
In a seven-year conflict, widespread traumatic brain injuries and PTSD are now coming to light.
Written by Nils Adler.
Read by Ben Mitchell.
A ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner fights for freedom
Brandon Jackson is one of more than 1,500 people incarcerated in Louisiana on non-unanimous verdicts, which the United States Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional last year. Will he get a chance at f…