Liverpool Arab Arts Festival

In partnership with British Council – MENA, we proudly launch our international visual arts project Port Cities. This exhibition premiere at Space Liverpool features newly commissioned work by visual artists Mohamed Abdelkarim, Laila Hida, Nadia Kaabi-Linke and Siska.

As part of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival’s Port Cities project, we introduce Slow Listening, an invitation to stop and tune in to the sounds of the cities around us.

We are thrilled to welcome Hadi-Badi co- founders, Hend Badawy and Raneem Soliman, to the festival to lead an interactive storytelling session for children aged 4-8 years at Liverpool Central Library.

Multi-award winning comedian Maria Shehata leads this interactive comedy workshop. Whether a budding comedian or trying stand-up for the first time, this workshop will put you through your comedic paces in a fun and relaxed atmosphere! 

If freedom were a verb, how would we manifest it in our day-to-day? Especially as we swim against a tide of erasure and silencing in our attempts to uphold dignity, where do we find the resource to keep going?

After a sell-out performance last year, we welcome comedians Prince Abdi, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Janine Harouni and Maria Shehata to Liverpool for a special edition of Arabs Are Not Funny. In association with Arts Canteen.

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and At The Library present a special summer evening of Arab film at the Plaza Community Cinema in Waterloo.

Join us for an immersive day featuring talks, performances and screenings by Port Cities artists Mohamed Abdelkarim, Laila Hida, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Siska and special guests. Delve into the varied themes and concepts that inspire their artworks.

At Home in Gaza and London follows the lives of people living in two locations separated by great political, economic and physical divides. This fundraising screening of the ambitious theatre performance, which premiered and joined Liverpool, London and Gaza in 2018, will also feature messages from Gazan collaborators.

Scottish-Algerian poet Janette Ayachi gives a special reading at Bluecoat exploring dual heritage through poetry, hosted by Deryn Rees-Jones.

Marina Barham, General Director of Al Harah Theatre in Bethlehem Palestine, brings a voice to Liverpool from the theatre and performing arts sector in Palestine through the story of Al Harah Theatre and its work in the West Bank.  

ORANGES AND STONES is a play without words, told solely through physical action and original music that conveys a moving image of occupation and settlement in Palestine spanning over 75 years. 

Three women confront love, desire and memory in stories spanning East and West in the first staged performance of Chambers of the Heart. Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak, directed by Sepy Baghaei and performed by Laila Alj.

In partnership with Liverpool Arabic Centre and Habibti, we invite you on a guided food tour of Yemeni eateries on Lodge Lane to experience the unique culinary flavours from different regions of Yemen. 

Award-winning instrumental duo The Ayoub Sisters present an evening of live music including songs from their critically acclaimed album, Arabesque.

Get ready to experience the return of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival's closing Family Day spectacular at the iconic Sefton Park Palm House.