WERELDWIJDE UITZENDING "TUNNEL VISION" AL JAZEERA ENGLISH

“Tunnel Vision”
A television documentary about the reviving of ancient water tunnels in Syria. Dutch film-maker Joshka Wessels spent two years making Tunnel Vision. Wessels has recorded the revival in Syria of a system of underground irrigation that started to fall into disuse at the time of the Roman occupation. The 'qanats' are a membrane of tunnels starting again to supply water to farmers in this arid country. In the Gulf it's called the 'fallaj'. It is believed the Persians invented the system almost three thousand years ago. A case of back to the future?


Tunnel Vision is broadcast on Al Jazeera English, Witness series, www.english.Aljazeera.net/programmes/witness
Sunday 22 March 2009 at 19:00 GMT with repeats on Monday 23 March 06:00, 14:00 and 24 March 03:00

Tunnel Vision was broadcast for the first time in 2003 on BBC World produced for the Television for the Environment’s Earth Report series.
More information http://www.tve.org/cc/doc.cfm?aid=931