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63 Days of Sit-In

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A documentary theatre performance by Basta Theatre, followed by the London premiere of its accompanying documentary film.

Shubbak Turns 15 campaign artwork announcing Shubbak's takeover of the V&A Friday Late on 31 July 2026.

SHUBBAK TURNS 15.

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SHUBBAK TURNS 15.

Building A Sonic Archive

Building A Sonic Archive

12 April 2026 2–4:00pm

Education Room at Willisden Green Library, Brent Museum

Poets Liberation Front: Final Salon

Cultivating Certainty

19 April 2026 2:00-5:00pm

Piehouse Co-Op, London

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Athar – Notes in the Margins of the City

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Online and public at Brent Museum

Taste & Tell: Food stories & mapping the taste of home

Taste & Tell: Food stories & mapping the taste of home

04 April 2026 2–5:00pm

Education Room at Willisden Green Library, Brent Museum

Sudan Series: Neighbourhood Nights

An intimate community gathering for Arab-SWANA residents from Kilburn to surface, share, and creatively archive personal heirlooms & memory.

Poets Liberation Front

Poets Liberation Front

A literary salon for cultural resistance

8 part series across 2025

Palestine House, London

Shubbak Festival 2025

Shubbak 2025: Highlights video

Festival Highlights

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Shubbak 2025: In pictures

Festival highlights

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Shubbak 2025: Reflections from Shubbak’s Directors

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Alia Alzougbi and Dima Mekdad reflect on Shubbak Festival 2025

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