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 […]
It is with great sadness that we learnt about the death of long-standing member of the Arab British Centre board, accountant and life-long server of the Palestinian cause, Jamil Bullata. Our beloved trustee, Brian Constant, shares a few lines in tribute to Jamil Bullata. Jamil Bullata was part of The Arab British Centre board for […]
I have a huge interest in Arab cinema, and even wrote about Egyptian Cinema for my MA thesis as SOAS (You can read the article I wrote for Safar 2014, Ten things you didn’t know about Egyptian Cinema). So in the excitement about the third edition of The Arab British Centre’s Safar Film Festival, I came […]
Refugee Week 20 – 26 June 2016 21 June 2016 We would love to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us yesterday at our Welcome Literary Salon with Banipal as part of Refugee Week. What a wonderful evening full of poetry, readings, performance, new projects, and film. The event was a wonderful […]