Past Events
Rania Matar: A Girl and her Room
1 July 2011 - 23 July 2011
The Mosaic Rooms presents a stunning exhibition of photographic portraits by award-winning Arab-American photographer, Rania Matar.
The exhibition...
The artist's view - 8 artists in Yemen
1 July 2011 - 8 July 2011
The Royal Geographical Society presents this exhibition by a small group of artists invited to Yemen by the country's Ministry of Tourism last July.
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Breathing the Air
4 July 2011 - 24 July 2011
The Arab British Centre in partnership with Arts Canteen presents an exhibition by Majed Shala, a contemporary Palestinian artist of compelling and...
Contemporary Arab Culture
4 July 2011
The British Museum in partnership with the London Review of Books presents three conversations between leading thinkers and writers discussing some of the...
Shopopolis
4 July 2011 - 24 July 2011
The Delfina Foundation presents this exhibition by a London-based collective of artists and architects - public works - and Emirati artists Khalid Mezaina...
KHATT
4 July 2011 - 23 July 2011
Selma Feriani Gallery presents an exploration of Arabic fine calligraphy with Moroccan calligrapher Noureddine Daifallah, a teacher of fine arts in...
A Musical Revolution into the Arab World
4 July 2011
Arab New Trends Limited present, for the first time in Europe, a singular gathering of three of the best new performers in the Middle East for a unique...
Hala Elkoussy, Myths and Legends Room: the Mural, ACAP 2010
4 July 2011 - 24 July 2011
Abraaj Capital present Hala Elkoussy’s Myths and Legends Room: The Mural, a winner of the Abraaj Capital Art prize in 2010.
The work is an unexpected...
Modern Syrian Art at the British Museum
4 July 2011 - 9 January 2012
The British Museum presents an exhibition of modern Syrian artists from its collection. Featured artists include Fateh Moudarres (1922-1999) one of the...
THE APART SUMMER EXHIBITION 2011
4 July 2011 - 20 August 2011
As part of our Summer Exhibition this year, we have dedicated a large part of the gallery to Hassan Hajjaj, with whom we have enjoyed a long...
After Egypt: revolutions in the Arab World
4 July 2011
The British Museum and the London Review of Books are holding two discussions of the 'Arab Spring'. The subject of the first discussion will be Egypt, and...
Take 1/Take 2: Yesterday and Today in the Middle East
5 July 2011
Iniva presents two evenings of film and debate with key cultural voices from the Middle East to explore recent events in the region. These screenings and...
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From Facebook to Nassbook
5 July 2011 - 8 September 2011
Mica Gallery presents "From Facebook to Nassbook" (6 July - 8 September) an exhibition of 9 contemporary Egyptian artists guest curated by Sara Raza an...
Degree Show
5 July 2011 - 14 July 2011
The Prince's School of Traditional Arts presents the artwork of students graduating from its Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts programme.
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Hisham Matar
5 July 2011
Southbank Centre presents Hisham Matar who will read from his latest novel Anatomy of a Disappearance.
Born in New York, Matar spent his childhood...
Inauguration
6 July 2011
Brunel University presents this celebration of its new Institute for Contemporary Middle-Eastern music, the first of its kind in the world.
The...
The Dash Café (part of the Dash Arabic Series)
6 July 2011
Dash Arts presents a night of live music and film, featuring a cinematic double bill of Phatwa and Slingshot Hiphop, plus a performance from Dash house band...
London's Historic Connections to the Arab World
6 July 2011
Museum of London presents a lecture by its director Professor Jack Lohman, that looks at the Museum’s collections to create a portrait of London and the...
Contemporary Arab Poetry. The Maghreb: History and Pan-Arabism
6 July 2011
Poet in the City presents an event looking at poetic depictions of the historical roots of Pan-Arabism and the shared cultural conversation from the...
Zoom – an evening of film from Yemen
6 July 2011 - 6 July 2011
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) presents a special evening of Yemeni films to coincide with the exhibition ‘8 Artists in Yemen’.
There...
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