On Thursday 29 April we had the pleasure of hosting the launch of We Wrote in Symbols, a collection of writing on love and lust by Arab women writers. It is a little-known secret that Arabic literature has a long tradition of erotic writing. Behind that secret lies another – that many of the writers are women. We Wrote in Symbols […]
Watch the recording of our Zoom event in May with author Jacob Halpin, whose new book, 13 Ways to Make a Plural: Preparing to Learn Arabic, offers advice and tips for those at the beginning of their language studies.
Our very own Rosa Pérez talks in Arabic to BBC Arabic Network about encouraging reading and the important work that The Arab British Centre does to promote Arabic literature to British audiences. You can watch the full interview here form minute 33
As part of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we brought back The Forum! This time, we put it on a Saturday and it was a great success. There were three panel discussions, each dealing with a different subject matter and the video below covers session three: THE SPACE OF CINEMA: CINEMA AND ITS […]
As part of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we brought back The Forum! This time, we put it on a Saturday and it was a great success. There were three panel discussions, each dealing with a different subject matter and the video below covers session two: REVOLUTIONARY AND REVOLUTION IN CINEMA: REFLECTING ON […]
As part of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we brought back The Forum! This time, we put it on a Saturday and it was a great success. There were three panel discussions, each dealing with a different subject matter and the video below covers session one: THE NOTION OF THE POPULAR: LOOKING AT […]
The stunning actress Morjana Alaoui, who actually showed up in two of the films during Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, came to talk to the audience in the sold out cinema for the UK premiere of Rock the Casbah. Click and enjoy! Q&A with Morjana Alaoui from The Arab British Centre on […]
The award-winning actor-turned-director came all the way from the USA to be with us for Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema. His UK premiere-directorial debut Traitors was an exciting addition to our line up and now you can watch him talk all about it! Click and enjoy! Q&A with Sean Gullette from The […]
Rising-star Nadine Khan came to rainy London for Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema to watch her debut film Chaos, Disorder premiere in the UK! Here’s the fantastic Q+A with our writer-in-residence, Malu Halasa. Click and enjoy!
During Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema we were thrilled to have with us the legendary Egyptian film director, Mohamed Khan. His film Factory Girl was our opening night premiere and completely sold out! For those who were in the audience, relive the lively Q+A here. For those who weren’t… Now you have the […]