Past Events

Join this session presented by young volunteer Jassem Al-Ashar. Participants will learn about volunteer work and the most important traits that volunteers must possess, in addition to how to find institutions that need volunteers.

As part of Arabic Calligraphy Week at the Library, we invite local calligraphers to participate in this community competition in Arabic calligraphy.

To promote historical places and photography in Qatar, the Library, in collaboration with Qatar Museums and the Qatar Photographic Society, is launching Wiki Loves Monuments. Photographers can participate by submitting their original images of Qatar's monuments to help enrich content about Qatar on Wikipedia. Upload your images through Wikimedia to be eligible to win the local competition in Qatar. 

In this online competition, young adults ages 12 to 18 will make creative GIFs related to the Library's digitized distinctive collections.

Struggling to think of a dissertation topic? Hitting a dead end with your research methodology? Emotionally and mentally drained because you can’t find the information you need for your research?Postgraduate work is tough, but with a little help from your fellow PhD students, you can survive it. Our informal postgraduate peer support network for aspiring and current postgraduate students is an opportunity to exchange information and knowledge, share expertise, and provide each other with intellectual and emotional support.

A key factor to supporting your young children’s speech and language development is to surround them with a language-rich environment by becoming a good speech model yourself! In this session by the speech and language pathologist Ruba Dababat from The Learning Center at Qatar Foundation, you will learn some simple strategies that will transform the way you interact with your children for optimum language growth and development.

Join our Virtual Knitting and Crochet Meetup to share experiences, information and more. Everyone is welcome, including beginners and those who want to learn. Grab your yarn and needles and let’s chat! 

Did you know that chess improves memory, problem-solving, and IQ? It's also a wonderful way to improve focus, flex those creative muscles, and most importantly, kids have fun playing.

Open Access Week, a global event now in its eleventh year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of open access, share what they’ve learned with colleagues and help inspire wider participation to make open access a new norm in scholarship and research. The Library has a full week of events planned to highlight how open access can help researchers in Qatar.

The Library's Open Initiative Award will be given to initiatives that have contributed to the advancement of open scholarship in Qatar. This session will feature the announcement of the award recipient and a presentation by the award recipient. The session is part of the Library’s Open Access Week program and will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.