The Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations cordially invites you to join them in celebrating the online launch of the Muslim Civilisations Abstracts Project (MCA). To mark the occasion, AKU-ISMC presents a roundtable discussion on The Landscape of Arab Publications: Challenges and Opportunities. As a part of the MCA’s series Producing […]
Underground, the spectacular 47soul السبعة و أربعين is back on the road for their 2018 UK Tour, this time, backed by the highly anticipated release of their new album, ‘Balfron Promise’. Enthralling and electrifying, 47Soul combines traditional Palestinian street music with bass-heavy dance beats, analogue synthesisers and hypnotic guitar lines. Their lyrics, delivered in tripped-out […]
Following a sold-out album preview show at London’s Village Underground, the spectacular 47Soul is back on the road for their 2018 UK tour, this time backed by the highly anticipated release of their new album, ‘Balfron Promise’. Enthralling and electrifying, 47Soul combines traditional Palestinian street music with bass-heavy dance beats, analogue synthesisers and hypnotic guitar […]
Following a sold-out album preview show at London’s Village Underground, the spectacular 47soul السبعة و أربعين is back on the road for their 2018 UK Tour – and this time – they’re backed by the anticipated release of their brand new album, ‘Balfron Promise’. Enthralling and electrifying, 47Soul combines traditional Palestinian street music with bass-heavy […]
*** BEFORE THE UK TOUR… **** “We invite you on a journey to a new universe…to the heart of the Arab Oriental Imagination…” Developed at the Arcola Theatre, Alien Land is a devised solo show inspired by The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist, the first science fiction novel in the Middle East. Performed in […]
Master instrumentalists from Iraq, Pakistan and Spain come together for a mesmerising performance of oud, Flamenco guitar, tabla and sitar. Naseer Shamma is one of the world’s pre-eminent oud players and composers – revered both in his home country of Iraq and worldwide, he was recently named a UNESCO Artist for Peace. For Spirits he […]
The world premiere of the first English-language adaptation of the classic novella by Ghassan Kanafani, Returning to Haifa, adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi. A compelling story of two families – one Palestinian, one Israeli – forced by history into an intimacy they didn’t choose. In 1948, Palestinian couple Said and […]
The London Short Film Festival, now in its 15th year, has been recognised as the premiere UK showcase for cutting-edge UK independent film, while now accepting international submissions. COMPETITION: Skin Thick, Too Tough Wed 17 Jan 18:30 Curzon Soho A DROWNING MAN by Mahdi Fleifel will be screened as part of a competition programme ‘Skin Thick, Too Tough’ […]
Leighton House Museum is the former studio house of Victorian artist and President of the Royal Academy, Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896) His ‘private palace of art’ is located at the heart of Kensington and the centre piece of the house is the extraordinary Arab Hall, which showcases one of the greatest collection of Syrian tiles […]
Mark Thomas with Faisal Abualheja and Alaa Shehada | Directed by Joe Douglas Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark Thomas and his team set out to run a comedy club for two nights in the Palestinian city of Jenin. Only to find it’s not so simple to celebrate freedom of speech […]