To reach a larger audience beyond the academy, a number of activities in the cultural realm have been programmed over the years.

28 Nov 2023	LUCIS meets: Rabih Mroué
11-12 Nov 2023	8th Middle Eastern Culture Market
12-13 Nov 2022	7th Middle Eastern Culture Market
12 Oct 2022	Arabic / Poetry / in Arabic: The sea البحر
13 Nov 2021	6th Middle Eastern Culture Market - Evening Edition
17 Dec - 31 Jan 2020	5th Middle Eastern Culture Market - Online
30 Nov - 1 Dec 2019	4th Middle Eastern Culture Market
15 November 2019	Persian Diasporic Poetry
29-30 April 2019	Turkish Literature Workshop and Night
24 November 2018	3rd Middle Eastern Culture Market
8 November 2017	Arabic Music Night
29 October 2017	Screening of Insyriated at Leiden International Film Festival
30 September 2017	2nd Middle Eastern Culture Market
22 June 2017	Guided tour at Open Air Museum “100 Years After De Stijl”
6 November 2016	Special programme about “Humour in the Middle East” at the Leiden International Film Festival
5 November 2016	1st Middle Eastern Culture Market
11 October 2016	Poetry workshop | Entangling Palestinian and Dutch Poetry: Najwan Darwish and Anne Vegter
10 October 2016	Poetry reading session | Commitment and Poetry: Najwan Darwish and Mia You
1 February - 31 March 2016	Photo Exhibition: The Spiritual Highway – Religious World Making in Megacity Lagos
11 March 2015	Concert Salon Joussour: Introducing Arabic Music
1 December 2014 – 23 January 2015	Exposition “Sayyid ʿUthman of Batavia: a Life in the Service of Islam and Colonial Rule”
22 September 2014	Screening of the documentary Paradijsbestormers
15 May 2012	Seminar | Tahrir Square Art or issues of culture and politics related to the Egyptian revolution
1 September 2011	Guided tour through exhibition Handelswaar en souvenirs: islamitische kunst uit het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
9 March - 25 May 2011	Film series: Islam in Turkish Cinema