What’s on

N3rdistan group shot

N3rdistan

“Music to feed souls and hearts”
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Thursday July 7, 2022
Arab Image Foundation

Impressions from an Archive

The Liverpool Arab Arts Festival presents a collaborative exhibition by
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Thursday July 7, 2022
Father Tongue shot

Hannaa Hamdache: Father Tongue

Father Tongue (2022) is a moving image piece using the
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Thursday July 7, 2022
No words

Yemen in Conflict exhibition

An exhibition of transcribed and translated poetry
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Thursday July 7, 2022
ARTISTS / IDEAS / NOW - Podcast

ARTISTS / IDEAS / NOW – Podcast

Translating the Arab Experience podcast series
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Thursday July 7, 2022
Father Tongue shot

Father Tongue: Poetry workshop

Join artist Hannaa Hamdache for an intimate poetry writing workshop
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Friday July 8, 2022
Beirut Printmaking Studio

Printmaking workshop with Tarek Mourad

In this practical monotype workshop artist Tarek Mourad will introduce
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Friday July 8, 2022
Arab Image Foundation

Talk: Impressions of an Archive

Join members of the Arab Image Foundation and Beirut Printmaking Studio
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Friday July 8, 2022
12th-century map of the Indian Ocean by Al-Idrisi

Exploring Al-Idrisi: map making workshop with Jessica El Mal

Get hands on and make your own maps using printmaking
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Saturday July 9, 2022
Egypt +100

Egypt +100

This special preview event will bring together featured Egyptian writers Mansoura
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Saturday July 9, 2022
LAAF x A Lovely Word

LAAF x A Lovely Word

Join us for this special version of ‘A Lovely Word’,
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Saturday July 9, 2022
Will My Parents Come to See Me

The Stories We Tell

A tour of contemporary Arab cinema through a diverse selection
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Sunday July 10, 2022
Elodie Sacher Photo of French grandfather picturing his 1960s travel through Morocco

A.MAL Presents: Working with Family Archives from North Africa

Photographs, videos, recipes as well as poems and songs all
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Monday July 11, 2022
The Gravedigger's Wife Still

The Gravedigger’s Wife

A screening of the movie, The Gravedigger’s Wife, Khadar Ayderus
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Tuesday July 12, 2022
Camille Maalawy

Arabic Song Workshop with Camille Maalawy

Join Camille Maalawy for a choir performance workshop, which explores  Arabic
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Thursday July 14, 2022
London Syrian Ensemble group shot

London Syrian Ensemble

A collective of Syrian musicians
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Friday July 15, 2022
Curfew shot from show

Curfew

A contemporary dance production by Palestinian dance troup El-Funoun and
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Saturday July 16, 2022
Jessica El Mal family image

Working with Family Archives, An Encounter

Jessica El Mal and Elodie Sacher of A.MAL will guide
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Saturday July 16, 2022
A Journey to Yemen

A Journey to Yemen

This free celebratory event will bring people together to celebrate
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Saturday July 16, 2022
Family Day 2018 - AB Photography

Family Day

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival's celebratory day of music, food and
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Sunday July 17, 2022

News

Will My Parents Come to See Me

SAFAR Film Festival @ Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2022

For this year's festival, our film programme is part of SAFAR Film Festival We have two films at VideOdyssey: The Stories ...
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Elodie Sacher Photo of French grandfather picturing his 1960s travel through Morocco

A.MAL events during Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2022

For Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2022 we are pleased to be collaborating with A.MAL on two special online events: Working with ...
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Call for festival volunteers

Call for festival volunteers

We are looking for committed volunteers to play a key part in realising this year's festival in Liverpool (Thursday 7 ...
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What We Do

Founded in 1998, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival is a registered charity delivering arts and community programmes that bring diverse cultures together, increasing appreciation and awareness of Arab culture and arts at a local, national and international level.

Our year-round programme of events and community projects includes Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, established in 2002 and still the UK’s premier annual Arab arts festival.

Each year, our festival brings a thrilling celebration of Arab culture to venues across the city and showcases the richness of Arab culture through a packed programme of visual art, music, dance, film, theatre, literature and events.

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ما الذي نقوم به؟

تأسس مهرجان ليفربول للفنون والثقافة العربية عام 1998 كمؤسسة خيرية مسجلة تُقدم الفنون والبرامج المجتمعية التي تجمع الثقافات المتنوعة معاً، مما يساهم في زيادة التقدير والوعي بالثقافة والفنون العربية على المستوى المحلي والوطني والدولي.

يشمل برنامج أنشطتنا ومشاريعنا المجتمعية المستمرة على مدار العام على “مهرجان ليفربول للفنون العربية” الذي تأسس عام 2002، والذي ما يزال يعتبر المهرجان الأول للفنون والثقافة العربية في المملكة المتحدة.

في كل عام يحتفل مهرجاننا بالثقافة والفنون العربية في أماكن مختلفة من مدينة ليفربول ليعرض ثراء الثقافة العربية من خلال برنامج مثير مليء بمختلف الفعاليات والفنون المرئية والموسيقى والرقص والأفلام والأدب والمسرح.  

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