About British-Arab Exchanges

BAX arranges exchange visits that enable British and Arab students or young professionals to meet and to gain an understanding of each other's countries. In the course of their visit, normally lasting two weeks, participants are given insight into the other country’s history, culture and society, while developing their own personal social and leadership skills.

Thirty-seven exchange visits have taken place since 1973, with more than two hundred young people participating from Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, the Palestinian Occupied Territories, Lebanon, Iraq, Britain, France, The Netherlands and Switzerland.

These visits have opened the participants’ eyes to truths about themselves, their nations, and the experience of others.


The BAX Vision Statement

THE BAX VISION is a relationship between Europe and the Arab world based on

- trust and respect


- healing of past wounds


- mutual learning


- friendship


- collaboration on global challenges

The BAX Mission                              

BAX Values

How BAX Exchanges started

How BAX is funded