Salvation Army (2013) Film Review Alberto Fernández Carbajal is Leverhulme Fellow at the School of English, University of Leicester, where he is currently working on a new project entitled Queer Diasporas: Islam, Homosexuality and a Micropolitics of Dissent, exploring representations of queer Muslims in international fiction and film. Salvation Army (2013) is a feature […]
Marjorie Ransom is a Middle East specialist who has lived and worked throughout the Arab world, where she began researching and collecting traditional silver jewelry, particularly from Yemen. Collector, curator and writer , she first showed her collection of traditional Middle Eastern silver jewellery in 2003 in Washington, D.C. It has since appeared in solo and […]
PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH DIRECTOR & PROFESSOR SAMIR SEIF At Nabila Hotel, Mohandiseen, Cairo, Egypt. 14th July 2013. Samir Seif, an Egyptian film and TV director who rose to prominence in the early 1980s. He was nominated for the Golden Pyramid Award at the Cairo International Film Festival twice, in 1999 and 2002. His directorial debut came in 1977 with […]
PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE CINEMA CRITIC AND SCRIPTWRITER: RAFIK EL SABAN 18th July 2013, Cairo, Egypt. “The sweet voice of this 81 year-old man was enveloping and took us through a fascinating trip of knowledge and experience to the golden era of Egyptian cinema. I wish you had not left us so early, Rafik, so […]
Algiers Like many countries, Algeria prides itself in an array of traditional clothing, each with a unique history. For both men and women, the existence of traditional clothing in Algeria allows Algerians to take pride in their country’s past, as well as tell a story. Each wilaya (provinces) of Algeria has its own clothing: given […]
By Naila Missous. The story of Algerian jewellery dates back to prehistoric times. Fine examples have been dug out from the soil, and time and history has revealed the complex craftsmanship and detail that is rooted in the antiquity of Algerian jewellery. Islamic heritage has played a great part, and has been an important determining […]
"The Arab community in the UK is often seen as more transitional, a temporary bloc of people, usually with significant financial capital to inves...
Announcing the joint winners of the 2013 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation JONATHAN WRIGHT and WILLIAM M HUTCH...
2013 HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR, AND 2014 WILL BE EVEN BETTER! The Arab British Centre has had a spectacular year and we’re delighted to sha...
The Arab British Centre is pleased to announce that the Award for Culture 2013 has been presented to the London-based, Prague-born, Iraqi playwright whose plays address issues in the Arab world. The panel of judges, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, chose Hassan Abdulrazzak out of a shortlist of six nominees for his cultural impact […]