The Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) offers lively, expert speakers to address knowledge gaps about the Middle East and Arab world. We offer talks and workshops free of charge to schools throughout the UK.
Caabu has an outstanding record in education outreach, running education workshops for many years. Caabu facilitates in a variety of ways, delivering assemblies, workshops and debates to students of all ages, from KS2 to KS5. Caabu is happy to explore new topics and methods of delivery according to school interest and preference.
Examples of our previous work with schools include:
- Facilitating discussion in a classroom setting
- Delivering lectures to large audiences
- Organising a series of workshops to cover an entire day
Our education programme aims to inspire critical thinking and for students to look beyond the headlines to the underlying issues.
Popular Topics
Many topics fall within our field of expertise. Our most commonly requested topics are:
- General introduction to the Arab World, Arabs and Arab culture
- Situation in Israel and Palestine
- Arab and Muslim stereotypes and images of the Middle East
- The Refugee Crisis
If you would like some advice on choosing a topic, or have a particular topic you would like us to cover, contact our Education Coordinator, Lily Wood, at [email protected].
Key Details
- We ask that schools cover any travel expenses incurred, and, if necessary, the costs of overnight accommodation.
- Our speakers are fully DBS checked.
- All our speakers will require access to a projector. Our talks are usually based around a PowerPoint presentation, so any provided IT systems need to be fully compatible with the .ppt and the .pptx file formats.
Supporting our Education work
- All of Caabu's work in schools is very demanding in terms of administration and staff time. The average one hour workshop, for example, costs Caabu approximately £200. So that we can continue to offer this vital service, we gratefully accept any contributions to our costs or donations for our work from the schools that we work with. To donate, click here.
Our Education Programme is generously supported by The Bseisu Foundation. More information about them can be found here.
