As part of our film festival, Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we screened the 1999 Lebanese favourite, Around the Pink House. We were proud to bring one of the directors, Khalil Joreige, over to London to tell us more about his experiences as a director and specifically with this film. Click and enjoy! […]
On March 5th, across the world, events took place to commemorate the bombing of Al Mutannabi Street in Baghdad. The Arab British Centre was proud to present an afternoon of poetry readings and discussion on the seventh anniversary. In March 2007, tragedy struck the heart and soul of Baghdad’s cultural and intellectual community. Al Mutanabbi […]
On Friday 21 March 2014, we hosted a group of extremely talented people in our Centre to celebrate the life and soul of the project Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here. During the course of the evening, we had oud playing by Taqasim Music School, poetry reading by Ghareeb Iskandar, a monologue by Hayat Kamille, a […]
The Arab British Centre hosts an Award for Culture every two years and here you can watch the ceremony video which was held at Leighton House Museum, London, on 26 September 2013. ** SPOILER ALERT ** The gracious winner was Iraqi playwright, Hassan Abdulrazzak. More information about the Award for Culture can be found here.
On 4 July 2013, we held a screening of the Syrian film Round Trip at the ICA, London. The director, Meyar al-Roumi and lead male actor Ammar Haj Ahmad were led in a raucous conversation with journalist Brian Whitaker! The event was held as part of the Mayor of London’s Shubbak Festival.
Author of The Lady From Tel Aviv, Raba’i Al-Madhoun in conversation with Selma Dabbagh. This event was presented in partnership with Telegram Books and English PEN and was held at Foyles, London, on 1 July 2013 as part of the Mayor of London’s Shubbak Festival.
Here we have a lovely little snippet of the artists’ talk of the exhibition Mister President’s Circus which was held in June 2013 as part of the Mayor of London’s Shubbak Festival. In this video, you will see and hear some great snippets from photographer John Perkins and writer Mona Abouissa who’s short stories accompanied the […]
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SAFAR: POST-SCREENING Q&As AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE Accompanying our film programme, Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema also brought together visiting directors and actors for post-screening Q&As. Sessions are now available to watch online: Captain Abu Raed Q&A |Tuesday 25 September 2012 | ICA Featuring Amin Matalqa (left): Director Nadim Sawalha (centre): Actor Omar […]
Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema kicks off with a discussion forum with internationally renowned experts, industry figures and academics. Session: ARAB CINEMA — ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES Speakers: Dr Viola Shafik, freelance filmmaker, curator and the author of Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity (1999) and Popular Egyptian Cinema: Gender, Class and Nation (2007) in […]