Join us for a very special evening exploring new trends in genre writing in contemporary Arabic fiction, with two prolific writers. Comma Press and the Arab British Centre are proud to present a very special evening exploring new trends in genre writing in contemporary Arabic fiction. Talal Abu Shawish is a Gaza-based author best […]
19 August – 24 August | 6 days | 14 hours Monday 19 August – Friday 23 August, 18:00 – 20:00 Saturday 24 August 12:00 – 16:00 Introduction to Arabic Music is an intensive course run by Taqasim Music School that will introduce the basics of Arabic music. The objective of this course is to […]
Join the Arab British Centre and the Barakat Trust in this special event for the London Festival of Architecture 2019. London designers from the Arab world and working with the Arab world share experiences of melding ideas between the Middle East and Britain – in a quasi-global world, what does it mean to develop a […]
Join The Arab British Centre and The Barakat Trust for a site visit and conversation with Amin Taha, Stirling Prize nominee and founder of Amin Taha + Groupwork studio. The visit will take place at the award-winning 15 Clerkenwell Close. The six-storey stone framed building block located in a historic area of London contains 8 flats as well as the […]
Join the The Arab British Centre and The Barakat Trust for an afternoon of family activities at Leighton House, as part of their In Search of Arab London event series for the London Festival of Architecture. What is ‘Home’? Is it the people you love? Is it a roof over your head? Is it a place of our own, […]
The International Fashion Showcase (IFS) is back, inviting 16 of the best emerging designers from across the globe to question, provoke, and explore their worlds through fashion. A highlight of the fashion calendar, the IFS nurtures and presents work from the most exciting fashion talent from around the world. Working in partnership over a year, British […]
Join us at Asia House for an unforgettable evening in which traditional Arabic music meets jazz and folk in this celebration of the evocative voice of the oud—the ancient Middle-Eastern lute. Aged only 34, Joseph Tawadros is a world leading oud player and composer. A virtuoso of diversity and sensitivity, he has performed on the […]
Join us on the 10 December for the Arab British Centre Open Evening, a festive opportunity to buy some gifts, get your holiday reading sorted, and explore all that the Arab British Centre has to offer in 2019. With stalls from Palestinian fair trade food organisation Zaytoun and contemporary calligrapher Joumana Medlej, you can bring […]
The Arab British Centre and Dongola Limited Editions are pleased to invite you to the UK book launch and photograph display of The Distance is Always Other, a collaborative photography artist book by British photographer Chris Coekin and Lebanese photographer Noel Nasr, with text in English and Arabic by Lebanese author and poet Fadi Tofeili. […]
How can we remember what we can’t forget? This year marks 70 years since the day of catastrophe, or Nakba, dispossessed Palestinians from their homes and lands. There is no shortage of anniversaries when it comes to Palestine; whether it’s 101 years since the Balfour declaration or a quarter of a century since the Oslo […]