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    Shubbak London's biennial festival celebrating contemporary Arab arts and culture

    شباك كل سنتين يحتفي مهرجان لندن بالفن العربي والثقافة العربية المعاصرة

  • Two women pass in front of a mural on shop shutters

    Becoming by Héla Ammar Listen and read

    تصبِح أن لِھلا عمّار استَمع/ي الآن

  • Mural by Mehdi Annassi Discover

    مُتَناظِرة لِمَھدي أناسي اِستَكشِف/ي

  • Cairokee kicks off Shubbak’s 2017 music programme at the Barbican

    Connecting London audiences and communities with the very best of contemporary Arab culture Watch highlights

    خلق صلة بين الجمهور في لندن وأفضل ما في الثقافة العربية المعاصرة أبرز المشاهد

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    “The festival speaks of restless societies that are questioning themselves” Financial Times

    "يتحدّث المهرجان عن مجتمعات قَلقة تُسائل نَفسها" الفاينينشال تايمز

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An image of a troupe of acrobats dressed in colourful everyday clothing. A woman is flying through the air and the catcher has his arms outstretched.

Shubbak Festival: the first ten years

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30 Mar 2021

Jumana Al-Yasiri in conversation with Shubbak's Artistic Director, Eckhard Thiemann

An image of the book cover for The Slave Yards by Najwa Bin Shatwan
خلف زرايب العبيد

Behind ‘The Slave Yards’

Against Disappearance | Sawad Hussain in conversation with Najwa Bin Shatwan

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Against Disappearance | Talk 2

A series of discussions about cultural heritage and contemporary culture

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An old sepia tinted photograph from the archive of the Arab Image Foundation.

Confronting the Age of Disappearance

Blog

27 Jan 2021

Confronting the idea of preserving collective memory in the face of tangible and intangible destruction.

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Blog

12 Jan 2021

Watch some of our favourite moments and recent festival highlights

A picture of an exhibition by Rand Abdul Jabbar. A darkly lit room displays freestanding windows from the Minaret of 'Anah

Against Disappearance | Talk 1

A series of discussions about cultural heritage and contemporary culture

Watch now

Online

Set of three overlapping sketches and family photos
مشاهد مما نجى

Every Act of Recognition Alters What Survives

Rand Abdul Jabbar

Permanent work

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Figures silhouetted against dramatic brickwork.

Connections | Digital Dance Project

Blog

10 Nov 2020

Connections Digital Dance Project film released. Watch it in full here.

Colourful large-scale mural
متناظرة

Palindrome

Mehdi Annassi

Permanent work

North Kensington

Large scale mural installed in a busy market
أن تصبح

Becoming

Héla Ammar

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Exhibition installation

Bayti Baytek | Meet the Artists #2

Blog

14 May 2020

Meet Enkidu Khaled and Nada Elkalaawy our second Bayti Baytek artist pairing

Installation

Bayti Baytek | Meet the Artists #1

Blog

14 May 2020

We're happy to announce our first collaboration pairing of Joe Namy and Nour Annan, after an incredible response to the…

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About Shubbak

Shubbak supports and champions the diversity of Arab artists’ creativity and innovation through its professional and engagement programmes, national touring and a biennial multi-artform London festival.

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عن شُبّاك

يدعم ويسانِد شباك تعددية الابداع والابتكار لدى الفنانين العرب مِن خلال برامجه الاحترافية التفاعلية، الجولات الوطنية ومهرجان لندن متعدد الفنون الذي يُقام كل سنتين.

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