To see the rest of the series, go to: www.vbs.tv/liberia Welcome to The Vice Guide to Liberia. In this eight-part series, VBS travels to West Africa to rummage through the messy remains of a country ravaged by 14 years of civil war. Despite the United Nations eventual intervention, most of Liberias young people continue to live in abject poverty, surrounded by filth, drug addiction, and teenage prostitution. In Part 1, Vices own Shane Smith provides a brief history lesson and some essential context for understanding what caused Liberias civil war and how things got so bad.

“Planet Caravan” is a psychedelic song by Black Sabbath. The song’s lyrics and mellow music create a dreamy atmosphere. The song appears on their 1970 breakthrough album, Paranoid. Although the song was never considered a hit by Black Sabbath, it was covered by Pantera, at first intended to be included on the “Nativity In Black” tribute album, but once recorded rejected by Ozzy Osbourne, and then included on their album Far Beyond Driven as well as on their greatest hits. Lead singer Ozzy …

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In this 90-minute documentary, Rageh Omaar uncovers the hidden story of Europe’s Islamic past and looks back to a golden age when European civilization was enriched by Islamic learning.

Rageh travels across medieval Muslim Europe to reveal the vibrant civilization that Muslims brought to the West.

This evocative film brings to life a time when emirs and caliphs dominated Spain and Sicily and Islamic scholarship swept into the major cities of Europe.

His journey reveals the debt owed to Islam for its vital contribution to the European Renaissance.

A Spanish short film by Xavi Sala about Hijab in Europe and the discrimination young Muslim women face in a so-called “free” Europe where everything but religion is tolerated in the name of freedom of “religion”.