The 11th edition of Arabesques, Art Festival of the Arab World, will be held in Montpellier, France, on 11-22 May 2016. Its long-standing success has established the Arabesques Festival as the meeting point of the rich Arabic arts, as well as an excellent occasion for cooperation among cities and cultural actors in the other side of the Mediterranean. The 11th Festival 2016 confirms the desire for exchange and cultural contribution to this rich heritage: opinions, sounds and works of art, flourishing in harsh times, will travel to Montpellier and invite to a journey that starts on the other side of the Mediterranean and has the same destination as its name: Magnificent Orient.