Dear all,

Today is my last day at The Arab British Centre after three wonderful years working here and almost five since I set foot in this incredible building for the first time. I have learnt loads since then, professionally and personally. I feel blessed to have been able to work in what I love surrounded by the most fantastic people and I am very grateful for everyone I have met along the way.

With this playlist, I would like to say a huge THANK YOU! Or as 1,2,3 Soleils would shout after their performance of Abdel Kader, Live at Bercy in 1999: SHOKRAN, MERCI!

These are some of the great tunes that have accompanied me and the ones around me during these three years, inside and outside the office (hence the 4 hours of music :).

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do and that they take you into beautiful journeys and make you dance.

Until our paths cross again,

Salam and warmest wishes,

Rosa Pérez

Image by Tunisian artist Ilyes Messaoudi, of his series’1001 Nights of Scheherazade’