Palestinian Laughs Matter 30/11/25, Rough Trade Liverpool Nidal Badarny demonstrates the shared values of freedom of speech and expression showing us that humour can be critical in dealing with even the most difficult subjects. Suitable for ages 16+ (in Arabic) TICKETS: link.dice.fm/Fae0393cbd91

🎉 Africa Oyé is BACK 🎉 The people’s festival enters a new era on 20th and 21st June 2026. We hope you’ll come along for the ride… LIMITED Earlybird tickets now on sale from just £6 for local residents and £11 general entry. Children under 12 are FREE. BOOK NOW: africaoye.com/tickets

Our friends at Milap are preparing for their wonderful Indika festival later this month. Be sure to check out their full line-up of music and arts taking place across Liverpool 🤩 Follow @milappresents.bsky.social for more info #Liverpool #Culture #Festival

Our friends at Milap are preparing for their wonderful Indika festival later this month. Be sure to check out their full line-up of music and arts taking place across Liverpool 🤩

🇱🇧 TOMORROW NIGHT 🇱🇧 Tryangle Man starts his tour in Liverpool, bringing a plethora of live piano house, cosmic funk and jazzy synths to the intimate backdrop of The Jacaranda Club! Tickets only £8: ra.co/events/2229302 #ArabArts #Liverpool #Beirut

🇯🇲 Bob Marley Reimagined by The London African Gospel Choir 🇯🇲 Saturday 18 April 2026, 7:30pm @liverpoolphil.bsky.social Gospel power meets reggae spirit in a unique, soul-stirring live experience! Tickets on sale this Friday… don’t miss out, last time the LAGC were in town, the show sold out!

'Nothing is lost except nothing at all except what is not had' There's just two weeks left to visit Nour Bishouty's wonderful exhibition as part of Liverpool Biennial at the @walkerartgallery.bsky.social! More Info: www.biennial.com/artists/nour... (Photos: Andrew Ab Photography)

We couldn't do what we do without our funders, sponsors and partners! ✨ Arts Council England, Liverpool City Council, Culture Liverpool, British Council, Al Omar Family, and UNISON North West ✨ And a huge thank you for the private donations made by our supporters 🙏 (Photo: Andrew AB Photography)

"Thank you to @onefellswoopagency.bsky.social for your dedicated support in managing our festival marketing & event management. You were key in shining a spotlight on this year's events and ensuring so many of them ran smoothly" - Anne Thwaite, Director, LAAF 📷 @alanblundell.bsky.social

📼 Enjoying sorting through some gems in the Oyé cassette archive today 📼 What has pride of place in your own music collection? PS...OYE MUGS ARE ON SALE: africaoye.bigcartel.com #ListenToAfrica #Festival #Liverpool #TimeForABrew #Cassette #CassetteTapes

A special shout out to Heidi and Halah at Salt And Sister for the beautiful concept and design for this years LAAF branding, exploring our theme nostalgia! More: www.saltandsister.co.uk (Photo: Andrew AB Photography) #LAAF2025 #ArabArts #Liverpool #Design #Nostalgia

A look back at our #LAAF2025 Family Day at the beautiful Palm House Sefton Park 😍 It was the perfect way to close the festival and we want to thank everyone who came down to any of the events this year and helped make this wonderful celebration what it was. (Photos: Andrew AB Photography)

The final Saturday night of #LAAF2025 saw the incredible Akram Abdulfattah perform to a packed crowd at the @liverpoolphil.bsky.social 🎻 Many thanks to Andrew AB Photography for capturing these shots on the night! #LAAF #Liverpool #ArabArts

🇾🇪 LAAF 2025 Flashback 🇾🇪 The Book of Sana’a at VideOdyssey saw a celebration of storytelling, writing, & music from the capital of Yemen, in association w/ @commapress.bsky.social. Check out the snaps from @alanblundell.bsky.social including some amazing shots of Mohamed Thulaya’s model of Sana’a!

A look back at the fantastic 'A Grain of Sand' from @goodchancetheatre.bsky.social at #LAAF2025! At @unitytheatre.bsky.social we took an intimate look at war through the eyes of a child, blending Palestinian folklore with real-life testimonies from children in Gaza. 📷 @alanblundell.bsky.social

Many thanks to @alanblundell.bsky.social for capturing a wonderful night of film and conversation with poet and filmmaker Ali Al-Jamri at #LAAF2025! Joining Al-Jamri at Toxteth TV in conversation on 'The Legend of the Looms' were Anahid Kasabian (Host) and Ricardo Vilela (Co-Director & Producer).

THE SWOOP Our monthly newsletter is out now, featuring the best cultural content from Liverpool and Merseyside mailchi.mp/onefellswoop... Featuring @milappresents.bsky.social @lpoolarabartsfest.bsky.social @mellowtonerecords.bsky.social @lumacreations.bsky.social & much more … read it now!

A busy day at #LAAF saw an evening of stories and discussion @thebluecoat.bsky.social, launching @commapress.bsky.social' daring new anthology, Palestine Minus One PLUS Mohamed Gohar spoke on his architectural and heritage experiences for his exhibition 'The Alexandrian' at Yamama Café and Bar.

We were thrilled to team up Yamama Café and Bar at #LAAF2025 for 'A Taste of Jordan' - a lunch and supper club, where food met memory, and every bite told a story! Many thanks to Andrew AB Photography for the photos! #LAAF #ArabArts #Food #Liverpool

This year at #LAAF2025 we were thrilled to present Archiving Nostalgia, featuring two shorts and a feature length doc at @factliverpool.bsky.social. The event showcased contemporary Arab films from Lebanon, Tunisia, and Algeria that reflect on nostalgia as both a thematic and aesthetic tool.

Looking back at some more of this year's #LAAF highlights! We welcomed a screening of Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo and Dounia - The Great White North, two wonderful stories of Dounia, a young Syrian child, to the fantastic Plaza Community Cinema, in association with At the Library!

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Two weeks ago at #LAAF we welcomed worldbuilding artist Sarah Al-Sarraj to the World Museum for her performative-lecture Limbs of the Lunar Disc: Break the Clocks, before we headed down to Rough Trade for Arabs Are Not Funny! Photos 1: Jules Lister

We kick off our #LAAF2025 retrospective with a look at our launch night at @unitytheatre.bsky.social! We witnessed the incredible @penguinbyhamzeh.bsky.social and welcomed lots of new and old faces to start what would be an incredible ten days of Arab Arts. (Photos: Andrew AB Photography)

"One guest turned to me and said, ‘This feels like a wedding—and I love it.’ That simple, powerful comment filled me with pride—not just for what we created, but for what our city stands for." - LAAF Trustee, Taher Qassim Full @liverpoolecho.co.uk article: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/wha...

ICYMI Looking back @lpoolarabartsfest.bsky.social Family Day

What a beautiful way to round off #LAAF2025 with our Family Day at the Palm House! Some truly special memories were made. Special thanks to Arts Council England, Liverpool City Council, Culture Liverpool, British Council, Qatar Foundation International, Al Omar Family, and UNISON 🙏 📷 Andrew Ab

What a beautiful way to round off #LAAF2025 with our Family Day at the Palm House! Some truly special memories were made. Special thanks to Arts Council England, Liverpool City Council, Culture Liverpool, British Council, Qatar Foundation International, Al Omar Family, and UNISON 🙏 📷 Andrew Ab

See you today 12pm to 5pm at the Palm House Sefton Park for our huge FREE Family Day celebration! Here's the timings of the day...see you there to close our festival in style 💃🏽 #LAAF #LAAF2025 #FreeEvents #Family #FamilyFriendly #ArabArts

Here's the line-up for this Sunday's Family Day at the Palm House Sefton Park! Join us from 12pm til 5pm for a fantastic day of FREE family friendly entertainment. no tickets required.! See you there 💃 #LAAF #LAAF2025 #Liverpool #ArabArts #FreeEvents #Summer

Big thanks to @hyphenonline.com for their coverage of #LAAF2025! Who will be joining us at this year's Family Day on Sunday at the Sefton Park Palm House? hyphenonline.com/2025/07/09/l...

🖼️ VISUAL ARTS AT LAAF 2025 🖼️ LAAF 2025 features a diverse range of visual art and installation, showcasing the work of groundbreaking international artists in Liverpool. This year you can view exhibitions at the Walker Art Gallery, Yamama Café and Bar, and at the World Museum! #LAAF2025!

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ICYMI @thedoublenegative.co.uk Culture Diary, featuring lots of LAAF 25 events

THIS SATURDAY in Liverpool! Tickets in post below 👇

More tickets released due to popular demand! Join us for the launch of @commapress.bsky.social new anthology feat. stories & discussion from Mazen Maarouf, Anwar Hamed, and Basma Ghalayini. 🇵🇸 Palestine Minus One 🇵🇸 TONIGHT - 7pm @thebluecoat.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...

🇾🇪 Book of Sana’a 🇾🇪 Saturday 19th July, 12:45pm VideOdyssey, Liverpool TICKETS JUST £5 Join us for a celebration of storytelling, writing, and music from the capital of Yemen, in association with @commapress.bsky.social. Chaired by Comma’s Ra Page. 🎟️ www.arabartsfestival.com/events/book-...

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Big thanks to @arabnews.bsky.social for covering LAAF 2025! MORE: www.arabnews.com/node/2608019...

Don't forget to pick up your official LAAF 2025 merch at all our events this week! All merch proceeds go towards the running of the festival and the charity throughout the year - thank you for all your support 🙏 (Photos: Andrew Ab Photography)

NEW//Culture Diary w/c 14-07-2025 www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2025/07/cult... Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events includes: Cronenberg techno thriller, Videodrome; new and continuing exhibitions, a bunch of @lpoolarabartsfest.bsky.social programming and more >>> 🎬🎨🎼🎸

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🎻 One Week To Go 🎻 Don't miss the amazing Akram Abdulfattah at the Philharmonic as part of LAAF 2025! The Palestinian-American who combines jazz with Middle Eastern and Indian music is in the city for one night only - grab your tickets now! arabartsfestival.com

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Open from today: @lpoolarabartsfest.bsky.social Read our preview: www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2025/07/laaf... 📷 Mohamed Gohar