A new online platform for Arabs launches in the UK

"Al-Arabs in UK" an online platform that gathers Arabs

31 December 2021

On Saturday the 1st of January, in the British capital, London, a new online platform has launched under the name ‘Al-Arab in UK’ to gather everything related to the Arab community in Britain under one virtual roof after two months of trialling. The platform provides news and service content for the benefit of Arab communities in Britain and their various activities.

مع دخول العام الجديد 2022 تنطلق منصة #العرب_في_بريطانيا AUK رسميًا بموقعها الخدمي الإخباري في كل ما يهم المجتمع العربي في #بريطانيا https://t.co/EsC5uqnuAa

— العرب في بريطانيا (@AlARABINUK) December 31, 2021

Al-Arab in UK

Adnan Hmidan, editor-in-chief of the ‘Al-Arab in UK’, referred to the project’s message, which is based on providing an Arab platform in Britain that speaks with the conscience of the Arab citizen residing here or wishing to move to live here, meeting their needs and desires, and improving their connection with the Arab community; In terms of activities, events, services and news, it is also focused on all the educational, social and cultural challenges that they face with their children;

The ‘Al-Arab in UK’ platform is from Arabs in Britain and to them as Hmidan says and it is not restricted to any one, and every Arab citizen residing in Britain can be an editor of its news and a publisher of their articles in it, far from controversial issues or political disputes the community faces.

منصة إلكترونية جديدة خاصة بالعرب في بريطانيا — *[Left to Right]: Adnan Hmidan, Salah Abdullah, Ola Elbyouk, Marwa Knifeed*

Meanwhile, Salah Abdullah, managing editor of the ‘Al-Arab in UK’ platform, pointed to the predominance of the youth element over the working group and its gathering between the Arab youth who grew up in Britain since their childhood and the youth brought by the conditions of immigration and asylum, and accordingly, they reflect the reality of Arab youth in Britain in every detail.

He stressed that the presence of the youth component along with those who have experience in the media field gives the platform a mix of diversity that will be in the interest of the work.

As for Marwa Knifeed, a correspondent for ‘Al-Arab in UK’ in Sheffield, northern England, said, “This project helped me realise my dream of applying what I studied in the media within the Arab community in general and the Syrian refugee community in Britain in particular, to highlight the qualitative addition that the presence of these immigrants formed in Britain.”, and that many of them have become productive elements and no longer need the cheap subsidies provided by the state.

As for the correspondent of ‘Al-Arab in UK’ in Brighton, Ola Elbayouk expressed her delight with the platform providing both in English and Arabic for Arabs in Britain and those interested in their stories and issues.
continuing “I started thinking about how much I owe this city, as it has given me and still has many rights.”

It is also noted that the platform is available on social media, in addition to providing content in both languages on its official website, alarabinuk.com