Britain’s history with the Arab world spans almost a thousand years, from English kings joining the Crusades in the Holy Land tothe British Empire colonising and eventually granting nominal “independence” to a slew of newly minted Arab monarchies in the aftermath of the fall of the Ottoman Empire. As the world became increasingly globalised, former subjects of the British Empire and their descendants have gradually found their way to Britain, either to study, work or to escape persecution in their homelands. These migrants have themselves established families and raised children who are now na…