I was married on 13th August 1966 and one week later went with my husband to Lebanon, where he was learning Arabic at MECAS. I was 21 and had no actual knowledge of the Middle East at that point, but I had heard of the famous Arab hospitality. My husband had completed the Intermediate Arabic […]
Interlude in a Sandstorm by William Fullerton Forty years ago I had the good fortune to have the chance to travel by Land Rover from Beirut to Jedda. The vehicle was my own and I was going to take up a posting as Information Officer, a title I soon adjusted to the grander sounding one […]
By Sehr Sarwar The highly anticipated Arab British Culture and Society Award Ceremony was held on Thursday 20th May at our premises in Gough Square t...
By Sehr Sarwar The Khalili Lecture Theatre at SOAS played host to Tim Llewellyn this evening, for a talk on the importance of Lebanon in world affair...
By Sehr Sarwar After a brief hiatus since my last Arab British Centre Private View, I was keen to get down to “A Patch on my Evil Eye” on...
By Sehr Sarwar The meeting rooms on the first floor of the Arab British Centre that our valued trustees are used to seeing every so often at the bi-m...
By Sehr Sarwar As always, it is a real pleasure to attend an event at the wonderful Mosaic Rooms where I have previously attended the Mahmoud Darwish poetry reading memorial. Luckily, for this young Palestinian artist, his first solo UK exhibition is spread over two floors of the impressive Earls Court venue. The pieces are […]
By Sehr Sarwar If you keep up to date with the goings on at the Arab British Centre, you may have read about our newly launched ABC Gallery in our pr...
By Sehr Sarwar I literally “followed my nose” this evening from Ladbroke Grove down to Blenheim Crescent where Chef Eric’s “B...
By Sehr Sarwar Moments from the premature Christmas lights of Oxford Street, tucked away on Maddox Street is The Selma Feriani Gallery; the chosen ve...