Past Events

Join us for a fun hour to learn all about the holy month of Ramadan!

A casual gathering of knitters around Qatar at QNL that will give participants a chance to share their knitting skills together in a friendly atmosphere.

Qatar National Library (QNL) is pleased to invite scholars, academics and the public to a lecture on the “Blue Qur’an” manuscript. The lecture will be delivered by Marcus Fraser, Honorary Keeper of Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Miniatures at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Qatari author Shama Al Kuwari will be providing a workshop regarding her book for children.

In this lecture, attendees will learn many skills that will help them to speak with confidence in front of an audience. They will also learn how to prepare for their public speak, and how to balance between their voice and body language.

Join us for an hour of different fun Arabic language activities.

Join us for fun activities in celebration of World Autism Awareness Month!

Qatar National Library (QNL) is pleased to invite the public to a lecture on Qatar on historical maps.

Describe and execute proper operation of a digital camera. Learn about shutter speeds, aperture settings, ISO Settings, light, exposure and camera angles to take great photos.

An edit-a-thon (sometimes written editathon) is an organized event where editors of online communities such as Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, and LocalWiki edit and improve a specific topic or type of content, typically including basic editing training for new editors. The Wikipedia marathons are becoming increasingly popular in the last couple of years especially because they are engaging young editors who are able to show and improve their editing skills. Through editing Wikipedia, editors are able to learn more about the topics that they are covering, from historical, cultural, geographical and scientific perspective. Having Wikithon in the Qatar National Library will enrich Qatari/ Arab content of the Wikipedia as editors will be Arabic speaking with backgrounds in fields like history, geography, social sciences. Also, editors are becoming aware of how to use resources especially in libraries. In this way libraries are again places that will create learning and creative fostering environment.