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Nour Festival of Arts 2015 Kicks Off

20 October '15

                                        The 6th edition of Nour Festival of Arts kicked off on 19 October 2015 with the opening of ‘The Guardians’ exhibition by Abdel Quaraishi at the stunning Leighton House Museum. It was great to see […]

Our very own Rosa Pérez talks in Arabic to BBC Arabic Network

24 June '15

Our very own Rosa Pérez talks in Arabic to BBC Arabic Network  about encouraging reading and the important work that The Arab British Centre does to promote Arabic literature to British audiences. You can watch the full interview here form minute 33

Safar 2014: The Saturday Forum Part Three

18 November '14

As part of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we brought back The Forum! This time, we put it on a Saturday and it was a great success. There were three panel discussions, each dealing with a different subject matter and the video below covers session three: THE SPACE OF CINEMA: CINEMA AND ITS […]

Safar 2014: The Saturday Forum Part Two

18 November '14

As part of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we brought back The Forum! This time, we put it on a Saturday and it was a great success. There were three panel discussions, each dealing with a different subject matter and the video below covers session two: REVOLUTIONARY AND REVOLUTION IN CINEMA: REFLECTING ON […]

Safar 2014: The Saturday Forum Part One

18 November '14

As part of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we brought back The Forum! This time, we put it on a Saturday and it was a great success. There were three panel discussions, each dealing with a different subject matter and the video below covers session one: THE NOTION OF THE POPULAR: LOOKING AT […]

Safar 2014: Q+A with Actress Morjana Alaoui

17 November '14

The stunning actress Morjana Alaoui, who actually showed up in two of the films during Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, came to talk to the audience in the sold out cinema for the UK premiere of Rock the Casbah. Click and enjoy!   Q&A with Morjana Alaoui from The Arab British Centre on […]

Safar 2014: Q+A with Director Sean Gullette

17 November '14

The award-winning actor-turned-director came all the way from the USA to be with us for Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema. His UK premiere-directorial debut Traitors was an exciting addition to our line up and now you can watch him talk all about it! Click and enjoy!   Q&A with Sean Gullette from The […]

Safar 2014: Q+A with Director Nadine Khan

17 November '14

Rising-star Nadine Khan came to rainy London for Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema to watch her debut film Chaos, Disorder premiere in the UK! Here’s the fantastic Q+A with our writer-in-residence, Malu Halasa. Click and enjoy!  

Safar 2014: Q+A with Director Mohamed Khan

17 November '14

During Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema we were thrilled to have with us the legendary Egyptian film director, Mohamed Khan. His film Factory Girl was our opening night premiere and completely sold out! For those who were in the audience, relive the lively Q+A here. For those who weren’t… Now you have the […]

Safar 2014: Q+A with Director Khalil Joreige

17 November '14

As part of our film festival, Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema, we screened the 1999 Lebanese favourite, Around the Pink House. We were proud to bring one of the directors, Khalil Joreige, over to London to tell us more about his experiences as a director and specifically with this film. Click and enjoy! […]