Past Events

Children may be at home, but that shouldn’t stop them from having hands-on fun learning. With Kitchen Science, we’ll use everyday objects from around the house to do cool science experiments. Every month, there will be a different activity highlighting a different science topic. 

How do you search for a manuscript? How do you choose the correct historical manuscript for study or publishing? These are initial questions that come to the minds of students or researchers who embark on their journey of dealing with Islamic-Arabic manuscripts, either for editing and publishing, studying them physically (codicology and paleography) or artistically (arts of the book), or other disciplines of scholarship. Scholars and intellectuals interested in history, classical texts and intellectual heritage, and those who want to read primary sources in their original witnesses might be interested in the same questions.

Join us for Online Storytime for Children. We will read stories and make up our own together.

As part of Arabic Calligraphy Week at the Library, and in cooperation with the HBKU College of Science and Engineering, Dr. James She will give a talk on the latest developments of Artificial Intelligence technologies and will discuss how these can be applied in the arts and in the field of Arabic calligraphy in particular.

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. 

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!