Qatar National Library is a modern-style facility with more than a million books in its collection, along with more than 500,000 ebooks, periodicals and newspapers, and special collections.

The library provides equal access for all visitors to an environment that supports creativity, independent decision-making and cultural development. Qatar National Library aims to be one of the world’s preeminent centers of learning, research and culture; a guardian of the region’s heritage; and an institution that promotes imagination, discovery and the nourishment of the human spirit. — AFP