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

شباك كل سنتين يحتفي مهرجان لندن بالفن العربي والثقافة العربية المعاصرة
Becoming by Héla Ammar Listen and read

تصبِح أن لِھلا عمّار استَمع/ي الآن
Mural by Mehdi Annassi Discover

مُتَناظِرة لِمَھدي أناسي اِستَكشِف/ي
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
“The festival speaks of restless societies that are questioning themselves” Financial Times

"يتحدّث المهرجان عن مجتمعات قَلقة تُسائل نَفسها" الفاينينشال تايمز

A collage featuring images of old fashioned typewriters, backgammon boards, shisha pipes, glass tea sets and ouds (a stringed instrument).

Sawa, Sawa | Artist open call

Opportunities

Open call for SWANA artists aged 16–26 years living in the UK and Ireland.

A casually dressed group of people of all ages, sexes and ethnicities standing in a room.

The Festival Academy

News

Eckhard Thiemann acts as a mentor to emerging festival makers across diverse cultural, social and cultural backgrounds worldwide.

Against Disappearance | Talk 2

A series of discussions about cultural heritage and contemporary culture.

Tue 9 Mar 2021 2pm (GMT)

Zoom

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

Confronting the Age of Disappearance

Blog

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

A male dancer wearing a brown short sleeved top and black trousers, kneeling with one arm stretched into the air. He is outside and surrounded by large cutouts of drawings of people.

Could you be the new Chair of our Board?

Opportunities

Shubbak is looking for a visionary and dynamic leader to chair its board.

Watch the festival trailer

Watch highlights

Blog

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

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

Online

Figures silhouetted against dramatic brickwork.

Connections | Digital Dance Project

Blog

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

Colourful large-scale mural

Palindrome

Mehdi Annassi

Permanent work

North Kensington

Large scale mural installed in a busy market

Becoming

Héla Ammar

Listen and read

Online

A brightly coloured image featuring the words We are #HerefForCulture

Shubbak awarded £75,000 as part of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

News

Shubbak awarded vital funds from the Culture Relief Fund.

Exhibition installation

Bayti Baytek | Meet the Artists #2

Blog

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

Installation

Bayti Baytek | Meet the Artists #1

Blog

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