Witness History Episodes Available now
Mombasa terror attacks
Journalist Kelly Hartog describes the moment terrorists targeted Israeli tourists in Kenya
How cat's eyes were invented
In 1934, Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes, the reflective studs in the road
The corruption and sodomy trials of Anwar Ibrahim
In 1998, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested and then jailed a year later
When Sweden’s roads went right
In 1967, Swedish traffic swapped to driving on the right-hand side of the road
First women’s minister in Iran
Iran’s first ever minister for women’s affairs was appointed in 1975
The invention of the seat belt
In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars
Qatar's first female published author
Kaltham Jaber's anthology of short stories was published in 1978
First Emirati female teacher
A young woman who became the first female teacher in the United Arab Emirates
Inventing robot camel jockeys
In 2003, a Qatari engineer came up with the idea for a robot jockey in camel racing
Burj Khalifa: Designing the world’s tallest building
The tallest building in the world opened in 2010
