Past Events

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Doha Baroque Ensemble, with Ines Wein as concertmaster, explores Baroque music in its German, French and Italian varieties. This program illustrates the many creative forms and styles of the Baroque period in music, which lasted from 1600 to 1750.

Qatar National Library is pleased to invite all to a public lecture on the natural forces that define Qatar’s environment, and their significant role in shaping past, present and future life in Qatar. The lecture will be conducted by Dr. Essam Heggy, a planetary scientist at the University of Southern California, and a ROSETTA co-investigator at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Dr. Sohair Wastawy, Executive Director of the Qatar National Library, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities together with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Qatar, H.E. Hans-Udo Muzel,

Let’s interact and enjoy together the storytelling time with “Mix it Up” – a book that will take us to a journey full of interaction and fun with colours. We will play, read, rub colours, shake the book, mix colours and see what will the new colour be?

Qatar National Library (QNL) is pleased to invite the public to this inaugural public lecture on visualized information, presented by David McCandless, a London-based author, data journalist and information designer.

What is “fake news” and is it something new? How does it differ from propaganda and disinformation? Have digital technologies and social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.) intensified the power and potential influence of “fake news”?

The Book Club for the Blind is a project that provides social opportunities and promotes  equal access to the resources and services of the library. The idea behind its creation is to share common reading interests  and to experience the natural connection between reading and communication in the most unique ways to encourage, motivate and share the significant aspects of books and reading.

Qatar National Library (QNL) invites library professionals in Qatar to join this panel discussion and explore some of the throwaway statements made in relation to libraries, to comment on the truth of these statements from the point of view of their own experience, and discuss how we can move beyond them to future-proof the national library.

Are you interested in finding out how to convert your media from analog to digital? For instance, Cassette Tape to MP3, VHS to digital, etc. Come and learn how these media can be easily converted!