Dar Al Kutub Al Qatariyya

Dar Al Kutub Al Qatariyya (Arabic: دار الكتب القطرية, romanized: Dār al-Kutub al-Qatarīyyah) is a library in Doha, Qatar that served as the national library until the opening of the Qatar National Library in 2012. It was founded on 29 December 1962 and is considered among the earliest public libraries in the Persian Gulf region.

When Qatar National Library opened, library visits were "not yet a part of the culture in Qatar – the old Dar Al Kutub... not [being] used very much" and still "in the dawn of the digital age".

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