Liverpool Arab Arts Festival works throughout the year, with a wide range of events and participatory projects that bring together artists and diverse communities.

From Liverpool to the Arab world, LAAF builds connections that help more people to encounter and experience Arab culture in Liverpool and beyond.

A Day in the Life competition

A Day in the Life competition

Liverpool Hope University and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival are giving away £1,000 worth of prizes as part of a literary ...
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Podcast logo reading Artists Ideas Now in Blue text in English and in Arabic in Yellow. The background is a pink square with yellow at each side. The border is blue

Artists | Ideas | Now – Egypt & the Climate Crisis Podcast

An 8 part podcast series talking to artists about Egypt and the Climate Crisis ...
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Tomorrow Will Shine: Poems of War and Hope from the "Yemen in Conflict" Project

Tomorrow Will Shine: Poems of War and Hope from the “Yemen in Conflict” Project

Tomorrow Will Shine: Poems of War and Hope from the “Yemen in Conflict” Project. Download a PDF version of the ...
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Yemen in Conflict

Yemen in Conflict

عربي Yemen in Conflict is a multidisciplinary project looking at how traditional and new popular literature can be protected for ...
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Hawiyya Dance Company & El-Funoun PDT Dabke

Hawiyya Dance Company & El-Funoun PDT Dabke

Hawiyya Dance Company & El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe curated a series of online dabke classes, and held a series of ...
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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb exploded on Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. Al-Mutanabbi Street is ...
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Shadow and Light

Shadow and Light

Shadow and Light Shadow and Light originates from the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here project, which is an artistic response to ...
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Young LAAF

Young LAAF

In 2017, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival partnered with Amal Foundation to develop Young LAAF, a personal development and participation programme ...
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Coat of Many Words

Coat of Many Words

Coat of Many Words, included a series of workshops, weaving together the personal memories, experiences and stories of members of ...
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Anadeek Ya Yemen - I Call You Yemen

Anadeek Ya Yemen – I Call You Yemen

In 2016, Yemeni young people from Liverpool Arabic Centre worked with filmmakers Optical Jukebox and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival to ...
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Young Reporters Project

Young Reporters Project

The Young Reporters project bringing together young people who attend Liverpool Arabic Centre, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, FACT, Mersey Care ...
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