Shubbak festival - a window on the Arab world in London this July

Boris's team have organised the Shubbak festival, the capital’s first ever celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world, showcasing over seventy events in more than 30 venues throughout the city from 4 – 24 July 2011.

Shubbak (Arabic for 'window') will be offering a programme of visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature, architecture, lectures and discussion.

The organiser say that the festival is about "bringing the best, cutting-edge Arab art to London and showing it to new audiences". From the newest treasure-house of modern art in Doha to the music performed by folk bands playing amidst the uproarious crowds of Tahrir Square, Shubbak will feature over seventy events in venues across the city, giving Londoners a 'window' into Arab culture across the visual arts, film, music, design, architecture, dance, literature and drama. There will also be talks and discussions involving Arab artists.

The festival will feature work by contemporary Arab artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, choreographers and architects based in London and around the world including Algeria, Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, India, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA.

What's on online and a Time Out pdf