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Egyptian fast food outlet 'Koshari Street' opens its doors in London's...
inside the Koshari Street shop At lunchtime today I made my way to the new London fast food outlet 'Koshari Street', which specialises in the iconic Egyptian street food - lentils, rice and pasta...
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Palestinian handicrafts and food on sale at CFAB Spring Fair in Kensington,...
based on an announcement from the Palestinian Mission UKThe Annual CFAB spring fair: a chance to buy Palestinian handicrafts and food The Annual Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) Spring...
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Labour2Palestine benefits from night of music and food at famous London jazz...
Labour2Palestine co-director Martin Linton (L) and Labour MP Andy SlaughterThe Palestine Night benefit held by Labour2Palestine last Tuesday took place at the legendary 100 Club at 100 Oxford Street,...
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Caine Prize for African Writing shortlist is a coup for Nigerian writers
Susannah Tarbush reports from London:Nigerian writers have done well in the Caine Prize for African Writing in the 14 years of its existence - last year Rotimi Babatunde became the fourth Nigerian...
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nominations open for the Arab British Centre Award for Culture
Baroness Helena Kennedy, chair of judges of the Arab British Centre Award for Culture 2013Applications for the Arab British Centre Award for Culture opened on 20 May. The Award, worth £2,500,...
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Moroccan novelist Mahi Binebine's Horses of God explores the path to suicide...
Horses of God probes minds of young Islamist suicide bombersby Susannah Tarbush, London Horses of God (Granta Books) translated by Lulu Norman This month marks the tenth anniversary of Morocco's...
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Iraqi writer, satirist & columnist Khalid Kishtainy appears at Iraqi Cultural...
Khalid Kishtainy | The Man EntireKhalid Kishtainy is a controversial man of many parts, author of some 34 books, journalist, artist, politician and gripping story teller. People often see one part of...
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In honour of Khalid Kishtainy : an evening of humour, writing, music and...
report and photos by Susannah Tarbush Waheda al-Mikdadi introduces Khalid KishtainyAt an event held in his honour at the Iraqi Cultural Centre in Shepherd's Bush, West London on the evening of 8...
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'Unholyland': Aidan Andrew Dun's book of Palestine-Israel love sonnets...
UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ARTIST ILLNESS - WILL BE RESCHEDULEDFrom the P21 Gallery: The staff of the P21 Gallery invite you to our next Thursday Fringe session -Night of the...
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'Writing Revolution: The Voices from Tunis to Damascus' launched at the...
In the past two years a variety of books on the Arab revolutions have appeared in English. They range from "instant histories" based on tweets to the accounts of journalists who covered the uprisings....
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part 1 of pop-up mathaf: mapping arab literature in london
Tayeb SalihSerpentine Gallery and Mathaf:Arab Museum of Modern Art map London-Arab linksby Susannah TarbushPart 1(Part 2) London has long been an important city on the world map of Arab literature,...
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part 2 of pop-up mathaf: mapping arab literature in london
Hisham Matar in conversation with Deena ChalabiSerpentine Gallery and Mathaf:Arab Museum of Modern Art map London-Arab linksby Susannah TarbushPart 2(Part 1) The second half of Pop-Up Mathaf: Mapping...
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arab new trends issues call for exhibitors for the souq @ nour festival
press release from Arab New Trends:ARAB NEW TRENDS LAUNCHES THE SOUK @ NOUR FESTIVAL14 November - 1 December 2013a call for exhibitors for London's very first pop-up Arab Arts and Crafts BoutiqueThe...
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Sarah al-Hamad's book 'sun bread and sticky toffee' elevates the date to star...
Kuwaiti writer and home cook Sarah Al-Hamad, a long time resident of London, broke new ground in Middle Eastern cookery writing with the publication in 2008 of her first book Cardamom and Lime:...
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second issue of Beirut-based city journal Portal 9 focuses on the square
Portal 9 editor-in-chief Fadi Tofeili and his team probe the significance of the city square in the Arab region and beyond by Susannah Tarbush The squares of Arab cities and towns have been constantly...
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Tina Gharavi's BAFTA-nominated 'I Am Nasrine' screened in Notting Hill
feature film on Iranian refugee siblings shown at Gate Cinema bySusannah Tarbush IMicsha Sadeghi as NasrineI'd been hoping to see Tina Gharavi's feature film I Am Nasrine ever since I heard about it at...
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Arab British Centre announces shortlist for its Culture Award 2013
The London-based Arab British Centre announced today the six-person shortlist for its 2013 Award for Culture, for which nominations were submitted from 20 May. The winner will be announced at an Award...
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Anissa Helou's 'Levant': a compendium of Middle Eastern recipes and memories
In her prolific career as a cookery writer, the acclaimed Syrian-Lebanese food expert Anissa Helou (of whom this blog published a profile last year) has written authoritative books on Lebanese...
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an evening of Arab literature at Maida Vale Library
Maida Vale LibraryAt Maida Vale Library in West London last Monday evening, the publisher of Arabia Books and Haus Publishing Barbara Schwepcke, the co-founder and publisher of Banipal magazine...
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all aboard for the Nour Festival of Middle East and North African culture
The Nour Tour Bus On Saturday 9 November one of London's iconic Routemaster double-decker buses will travel the streets of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) to the accompaniment of...
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