Opening night film for Safar Film Festival 2016 as a tribute to late Egyptian director Mohamed Khan, 14 September at 8:30 pm at Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London. You can see more information and buy tickets HERE Before the Summer Crowds, Egypt, 2015, directed by Mohamed Khan Reviewed by Professor Robert Abrams, Professor of Old […]
Screening on 15 September 2016 at 6:15 pm at ICA, London part of Safar Film Festival. You can buy your tickets HERE. Love, Theft and Other Entanglements, Palestine, 2015 directed by Muayad Alayan. Reviewed by Palestinian writer and director Ahmed Masoud. “You have stolen a whole country and you want to chop my head off for stealing […]
Screening on 18 September 2016 at 4 pm at ICA, London as part of Safar Film Festival. You can buy your tickets HERE This Little Father Obsession, Lebanon, 2016, directed by Selim Mourad. Reviewed by Dr Nof Nasser-Eddin, co-director of the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration (CTDC). This film can be described in three words: Provocative, […]
The story goes that when the first film theater was going to be inaugurated in Egypt (around the late 1910s), there was a question as to how it should be referred to in Arabic, whether “cinema” should simply be appropriated into Arabic, or whether there should be a proper composite Arabic phrase, as was the […]
Screening on Saturday 17 September 2016, at 4 pm at ICA, London as part of Safar Film Festival. You can buy your tickets HERE Borders of Heaven, Tunisia, France, United Arab Emirates, 2015, directed by Fares Naanaa. Reviewed by Dr Khalid Ali, Screening Room editor, Medical Humanities. Originally published on Medical Humanities BMJ Blogs. Recently, Tunisian […]
It’s incredible to think Gaza has been under blockade for almost a decade. We can’t go there; they can’t come here. So Station House Opera is creating a place where people can meet – a communal, virtual performance space. At Home in Gaza and London uses live performance and digital invention to bring together people […]
Fresh out of the oven. The summer playlist that you had been waiting for is here: ‘Saba7 El-Chill: The Arab British Centre Summer 2016 Playlist”. Old and new Arabic tunes to accompany you during your summer trips, parties and chills. Let’s the joy begin! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkHdeB9CcvNkxy19rZIsCngJTPUJxXnJ
A vibrant celebration of Arab Cinema, the biennial SAFAR Film Festival, returns to London this autumn for its third edition, following the phenomenal success of previous programmes in 2012 and 2014. Presented by The Arab British Centre in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), and supported by the British Council and The Corinthia […]
The Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) opened on Friday 15 July with a record of attendance. Over 3000 people participated in the first 3 days of the 10-day festival. This year’s festival theme ‘Undocumented’ explores the various ways in which art can provide a deeper insight into the human experience. Festival Chair, Taher Qassim MBE, […]
The Palestine Youth Orchestra maintains a unique position amongst youth orchestras internationally, uniting Western and Arabic music and bringing together talented Palestinians from around the world to create an orchestral ensemble of the highest standard. For details on booking tickets, please click here: http://bit.ly/1TJM1cW 1 – This will be the first time that the Palestine […]