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

The Third House: Writing and Sharing Diasporic Poetry

22 September '26 - 27 October '26

Partner Event

The Arab Hall: Past and Present

21 March '26 - 4 October '26

Latest

Posted 31/07/2026

Detainees & Disappeared – Book Launch & Panel Discussion

Through documentation and archives, we keep our stories alive and true. At the book launch of Detainees & Disappeared, we discussed the importance of documentation in its many forms. In the case of this book, documentation also happens through art. It is one of the ways people express their experiences, preserve their memories, and reflect on their […]

Posted 20/07/2026

Notes From a Lost Country: Book Launch with Sinan Antoon

Posted 26/06/2026

As We Are Creative Exchange Day

Posted 28/05/2026

Film Review: Treat Me Like Your Mother

Posted 05/05/2026

Film Review: A Sad and Beautiful World

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.