Everyone at Caabu was very sad to learn of the passing of Mustapha Karkouti.   He was a close friend of everyone at Caabu having served on its board and as its Vice-Chair until he stood down in November 2004. 

On 15 July 2020, Caabu hosted an online film discussion to mark the recent launch of the film, Ayouni. 

Noura Ghazi Safadi, a Syrian human rights lawyer and activist, and the film's director Yasmin Fedda discuss Ayouni.

The film can be watched at www.AyouniFilm.com 

You can watch the discussion in full below: 

Caabu invites you to an online briefing to coincide with the worldwide virtual launch of the film, Ayouni. This is an opportunity to hear from one of the protagonists of the film, Noura Ghazi Safadi, a Syrian human rights lawyer and activist, and the film's director Yasmin Fedda. 

Caabu has produced a briefing on Israel's illegal annexation of occupied Palestinian territory.

The Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh addressed British parliamentarians in a briefing to the Britain-Palestine All-Party Parliamentary Group on 29 June 2020. 

You can watch the briefing here: 

On 25 June 2020, Caabu hosted an online briefing with Sam Dagher: Is there a common thread to mass protests in the Middle East and the US? 

You can watch the briefing in full below:

1,080 European Parliamentarians from across 25 countries in Europe (including 248 British parliamentarians) have rejected Israel's planned annexation of illegally occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank.

Caabu invites you to an online discussion on the challenges and successes for Arab women reporting from the Arab world on Thursday 28 May 2020 at 15:00 UK with the editor of Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, Zahra Hankir and two of the book's contributors, journalists Jane Arraf and Eman Helal.

On Tuesday 3 June 2025, Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) co-hosted our parliamentary reception to highlight the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, particularly following the most recent blockade and the horrifying scenes and rhetoric surrounding the US-Israel led “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation”, in which people were killed by IDF soldiers trying to collect lifesaving aid for themselves and their families.  

Caabu invites you to an online discussion with Rachel Shabi about her book, "Off White: The Truth About Anti-Semitism" on Thursday 27 March 2025 at 1pm (GMT UK time).