A Tatreez Circle led by Najlaa Jarbou – a space to slow down, reflect and step into the ancestral rituals. All materials provided. Join us this Refugee Week on Monday 15 June for a Tatreez Circle led by Najlaa Jarbou – a space to slow down, reflect and step into the ancestral rituals of our […]
This online course led by interdisciplinary theatre and performance scholar, educator, and artist Dr Nesreen Hussein explores creative practices since the January 2011 Egyptian revolution, and how they have been negotiated by Egyptian artists, cultural practitioners, and activists as forms of resistance, grassroots activism, or political expression. Drawing on examples from the performing arts, media, visual […]
As We Are, Might Have Been, and Could Be is the Arab British Centre’s UK-wide visual arts and talent development programme, curated by Jessica El Mal and supported by the Freelands Foundation. We organised an As We Are Creative Exchange Day in partnership with Manchester’s Longsight Art Space. The day was an opportunity for people with […]
As We Are, Might Have Been, and Could Be is the Arab British Centre’s UK-wide visual arts and talent development programme, curated by Jessica El Mal and supported by the Freelands Foundation. Over the past three years we have commissioned artists of Arab descent in the UK, hosted exhibitions and community activities in museums and […]
Encounter the beauty and profound cultural importance that the art of textiles holds for people around the world. This display, facilitated by Multaka Oxford at the Pitt Rivers Museum, celebrates how communities around the world use textiles and creativity to weave stories of resilience, beauty and cultural identity. Pieces from the following project partners included […]
Taqasim Music School, based at The Arab British Centre in London, was established in 2011 to teach one of the most significant Oriental instruments called the Oud, among other instruments and disciplines that represent Middle Eastern Music. The school was founded by the Iraqi Oud Master Ahmed Mukhtar who is the current director. What distinguishes […]
This course explores Palestinian embroidery (tatreez) as a living cultural practice, a visual language, and a form of ontological and feminist resistance. Moving beyond craft-based readings, the course situates tatreez within broader historical, political, and decolonial frameworks, examining how stitched motifs encode memory, identity, gendered labour, and survival under conditions of displacement and colonial violence. […]
This Decolonising Belly Dance course is aimed at those who want to learn ‘belly dance’ beyond its bodily movement. It will look into the dance as a cultural celebration addressing its historical journey, its travel to the west and its development to the different styles we see today. It will tackle the myths that surround […]
Immerse yourself in Manuscript Kufic, an early style of Arabic calligraphy that flourished during the Abbasid “golden age”. This course is based on the finest example of this architectural and spacious Qur’anic script which fell out of use almost a millenium ago. Under Joumana Medlej’s guidance you will learn to use the pen and gallnut […]
Creative Indiscipline: Art, Exile, and Resistance in the Maghreb is a six-week, live online course exploring how artists, writers, filmmakers, and cultural practitioners in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia have developed distinctive ways of making, thinking, and imagining since independence. By creative indiscipline, the course understands insubmission as a conscious refusal of colonial legacies, patriarchal norms, […]