Join us for a conversation between the artists featured in our exhibition, London’s Theatre of The East, organised in collaboration with Dr Johnson’s House. Novelist Saeida Rouass, documentary photographer Lena Naassana and textile designer Nour Hage will join academic advisors Professor Jerry Brotton, author of This Orient Isle, and the Donald Hyde Curator of Dr Johnson’s […]
Visit for free to see our exhibition, London’s Theatre of the East. Explore all four floors of Dr Johnson’s House and discuss with our artists (TBC) their varying responses to the theme of London’s links to the Middle East and North Africa over the past 500 years. You can read more about our exhibition here. […]
The Arab British Centre and Dr Johnson’s House, neighbouring organisations based in Gough Square in the City of London, are delighted announce the launch of their collaborative project London’s Theatre of the East. The project invites artists, researchers and the public to (re)examine the historical connections of the Middle East and North Africa and London, via the lens […]
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 […]