Qatar National Library offers to provide visitors with a wide variety of interesting learning opportunities on various subjects

The Qatar National Library is preparing for a jam-packed month of entertaining activities in May. The library's calendar offers to provide visitors with a wide variety of interesting learning opportunities on subjects including technology, heritage, and the arts. Workshops, talks, exhibitions, and performances are scheduled to explore a variety of topics and provide opportunities to develop new skills.

May 4: The library will present “Mommy to Be: The Speaker Series,” featuring Dr. Sami Omar, an attending physician in women’s psychiatry at Sidra Hospital. The common symptoms of depression during pregnancy, postpartum depression, and how to best take care of mental health will be discussed.

May 10: A series of empowering workshops designed to help attendees embrace their inner selves will be conducted. The attendees will be exposed to personal and professional development topics.

The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra will perform “Strings of Romance in Tchaikovsky and Borodin’s Chamber Music Masterpieces” on the same day.

May 12-18: Visitors can attend a calligraphy and illumination workshop which aims to teach participants the art of calligraphy and decorative manuscript illumination. It will also be providing opportunities to develop their skills and inspire further creativity and artistic expression.

May 15: The Library will host a seminar entitled “Archiving as a Human-Knowledge Action to Overcome the Nakba through People”, in collaboration with Khazayn Foundation for Community Archives.

A brief overview of the Heritage Library’s diverse and rare collections related to the recorded history of Palestine will be presented and it will also discuss the importance of archiving through the work of Khazayn Foundation.

May 23-25: “Global Accessibility Awareness Day,” will be celebrated and the Library’s Assistive Technology Center will provide a tour to present accessibility features and services, assistive technology devices, and online resources that enable patrons to experience the library in full.

On May 16: The Library’s IFLA regional Center for the Preservation of documentary heritage in the Arab region and the Middle East invites visitors to a lecture to learn about the Syrian Design Archive, a non-profit documentary project to help archive graphic design elements and visuals and preserve them in a digital open archive.

May 20: The library will host an event for “Mental Health Awareness” month, providing visitors with an interactive programme featuring mental health experts from different disciplines, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, pharmacologists, and others. It will offer breakout sessions for attendees to learn how to deal with different mental health issues.

May 21 to June 21: The library will also host a panel exhibition in collaboration with the Georgian Embassy to celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Qatar. The exhibition will explore the history of Arabic manuscripts in Georgia, highlighting the Arab manuscript collection preserved in the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts.

May 27: The visitors are invited to celebrate the 97th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s birth, one of the most noted environmentalists of the 20th century. Her book, “The Silent Spring,” sparked the modern environmental revolution in the United States and elsewhere.

May 29: The “Cultural Salon” event will promotes dialogue and communication with subject-matter experts to enrich culture and raise public awareness. The event will focus on artificial intelligence.