The Arab British Centre aims to further understanding of the Arab world by promoting its culture, sharing its knowledge and supporting a community of individuals and organisations that work to enhance friendship and collaboration between people of the UK and the Arab world.

What's On

Featured: Our Event

Kufic Calligraphy with Joumana Medlej

16 April '26 - 25 April '26

Partner Event

Sudan: A Visual Art Narrative – Second Generation Exhibition

16 January '26 - 7 March '26

Latest

Posted 02/02/2026

On Being Creative – As You Are

For the next stage of As We Are, Might Have Been and Could Be  we are interested in finding out more about adults living in the UK, with a connection to one of the 22 Arab countries, who are not currently working in the arts but love to be creative.   Through research, we found […]

Posted 17/09/2025

OPEN CALL: Education Programme Collaborations for 2026/2027

Posted 16/09/2025

INTERVIEW: Ramzi Mallat on ‘Not Your Martyr’ at the V&A

Posted 04/08/2025

Demystifying Curation at the Arab British Centre

Posted 30/07/2025

3oubour Online Residency

The Arab British Centre library is a public borrowing library. Formerly a private collection put together over the past 40 years.

We organise and promote cultural and artistic events, and host a community of like-minded resident organisations at our central London premises.

Our meeting room is in the heart of the City of London and can be hired for use by registered organisations, societies and NGOs associated with Arab-British issues.