Wasla is the first Arab alternative music and arts festival to go global. A celebration of the other side of Arab Culture, Wasla is the meeting point of the region’s varied identities, redefining perceptions, breaking stereotypes, and building a community for everyone to feel welcome and recognized through music, food and culture. 2024 marks Wasla’s […]
A UK PREMIERE FOR THIS ROCK & RAI BAND The Beatles of Algeria. founded in the 80s by four musicians from Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria. the birthplace of Raï music. Their style mixes Raï, rock and Diwane, it merges traditional rhythms and with rock instruments. considered a pioneer of modern Raï sometimes called “electric Raï”. […]
Akram Abdulfattah is a Palestinian-American violin master who combines jazz with middle eastern and Indian music. Akram’s style creates a world of fusion music that is influenced by Palestinian traditional folk, Turkish music, Carnatic style, rock and jazz, reflecting the rich legacy and culture of oriental sounds in a modernized fashion. In 2023, his multinational […]
Join us at Grand Junction for a special evening to celebrate literature and music from the Arab World. An evening of sharing and togetherness curated by Dima Karout to mark the closing of The Places We Carry exhibition. You will have a chance to visit the exhibition and reflective space, then hear from inspiring Londoners […]
Banipal Book club invites you to join us to discuss the novel The Dance of the Deep-Blue Scorpion by Palestinian novelist Akram Musallam, translated from the Arabic by Sawad Hussain. The original Arabic edition of The Dance of the Deep-Blue Scorpion won the A. M. Qattan Award in 2008 and has been translated in French […]
LONDON – Christie’s fine art and luxury auction house unveils highlights from the forthcoming mid-career retrospective of leading Saudi contemporary artist Ahmed Mater, taking place at Christie’s headquarters in London from 17 July – 22 August. Featuring more than 100 works spanning paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, video, and installation from his artistic career to date, […]
Sami Abu Wardeh has been wondering how, as a Palestinian comedian, he can make comedy in the middle of the belly of the beast aka the anus of Europe aka sh*thole UK. Come and see him try his jokes as well as things that might not be classed as comedy (that will be for you […]
ARTS CANTEEN & GRAND JUNCTION PROUDLY COMMEMORATE EGYPT’S LEGENDARY VOCALIST ABDEL HALIM HAFEZ WITH A PERFORMANCE BY THE HARFOUSH JAZZ BAND LED BY EGYPTIAN VOCALIST AHMED HARFOUSH The concert will feature songs from the Egyptian icon’s film and studio recordings from the 1950s and 60s in a new jazz and Latino sound as part of […]
The Places We Carry A Collective Art Exhibition Curated by Dima Karout Showing Art Pieces and Written Stories by Local Residents: Jenan Ghatim, Helen Leila Alazhar, Rehab Maghribi, Nabilah Abdulfaraj, Lina Alchami, Ali A. Al-shimar, Adam Farhat, Miriam Addada, Nasrin Trabulsi, Nahid Poladi, Phayaphi Alkhayoon, Rami Bassam, Mariam Bassam, Manas Ghanem, and Najlaa El-Ageli […]
“If I was a moon, I’d tug at the sea, to draw the land piece by piece closer to me…” A strange place where once welcoming people are now barricading themselves. Bizarre politicians arguing about slogans. Paper boats, of all sizes and colours. Who are the real invaders? After the success of Ali In Wonder(Eng)land, […]