On July 13, 1977, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Mahmoud Riad, and David Owen, the youngest British foreign secretary since Anthony Eden, met at a smart address in London’s South Kensington to launch an organisation with the unveiling of a very traditional wooden plaque.

Established thanks to a major donation from the Founding President of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed , the Arab British Centre was established with the aim of fostering understanding and improving relations between Britain and the Arab world.

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