Nour Festival of Arts

The Nour Festival of Arts will deliver dazzling contemporary artistic talent from the Middle East and North Africa to London audiences during October and November. For the first time the festival is to expand beyond Leighton House Museum to include a stellar cast of participating cultural organisations.

Festival highlights include:

- British Palestinian author Selma Dabbagh is confirmed as festival Writer-in- Residence. Known most recently for her acclaimed novel Out of It, Selma will deliver a series of master workshops on writing and publishing at various festival venues.

- A programme of major concerts at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill with Tunisian singer- songwriter Amel Mathlouthi, Lebanese musician Charbel Rouhana and special guests.

- Leighton House Museum will host a ground-breaking exhibition of work by photo- journalist Bradley Secker highlighting the often forgotten plight of gay and lesbian refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

- Cutting edge contemporary graphic design by Muiz Anwar and spatial design by Dia Batal will be showcased at Leighton House Museum.

- The V&A opens ‘Light from the Middle East’ an exhibition of photography that reflects elements of the region’s social, cultural and political life from the end of the 19th century to the present day.

- Contemporary Moroccan artist Abderrahim Yamou has his first ever UK exhibition at The Mosaic Rooms.

- Film screenings from up-and-coming Middle Eastern and North African film makers will be shown at Leighton House Museum in association with the London MENA Film Festival.

See official website for full schedule of events