In addition to all the exciting performances, visit the Qatar Reads Area for Kalila wa Dimna artworks, purchase our special Dreesha x ‘One Book, One Doha’ packages, check our schedule online for daily storytelling and crafts.

Date: 11th December – 17th December

Location: Oxygen Park, Education City – https://goo.gl/maps/Lf1ha84soXAmoFj49

Featuring a life size giant mailbox, come explore our unique artwork. purchase a customizable package, get our limited-edition World Cup booklet or enter our competitions for fun prizes and join arts & crafts lessons and storytelling.

Date: 25th November – 18th December 2022.

Location: Um Salal Mohamed – https://goo.gl/maps/bKiTb7Re5B1BzLeB6

Looking for something quieter? Come check out a book, look at the colorful Reesha exhibitions of stadium artwork by local children and don’t forget to ask for a free copy of our limited-edition World Cup activity booklet that will also be available at QNL.

Date: November 20th – 18th December

Location: Qatar National Library – https://goo.gl/maps/wUx9GLfPcWq1YQon7

Date: 19-22 October 2022

Time:

– From the 19th to the 21st: from 4 PM to 8 PM

– On the 22nd: from 10 AM to 8 PM

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• Draw and color your favorite character
• View the story
•  Panel Discussion

Dates: 28, 30, and 31 March

• Show time
• Story review

Dates: 22 and 24 March

• Paint your favorite character
• Story Review

Folk tales are passed down from generation to generation due to their captivating story line and the insight they offer. In collaboration with Qatar Reads under the campaign One book One Doha, join us for A Night with Kalila and Dimna. These fables, with animals as main characters, offer useful wisdom and guidance. We will read the story together at the Children’s Library and enact out scenes from the book, followed by a bookmark making activity.
Monday 21st March for Arabic session
Tuesday 22nd March for English session

In this lecture, Mohmmed Al Mokhtar, academic supervisor of a heritage project at Al Jazeera Net, will shed light on the significance of Kalila wa Dimna in the history of Islamic culture.
The session will be in Arabic (live interpretation to English will be provided)
Target Audience: Adults only

• Creative writing
• Story review

Dates: 21 and 23 March

Date: 21 March

With a majority of Arabic speakers, join us to discuss your favourite elements of Kaleela wa Dumna. Led by a Qatari book club, we’ll enjoy refreshments and an outdoor terrace.

Target audience: Adults

March 20-24

• Paint your favorite character
• Creative writing
• Arrange the sequence of the story with pictures

20-24 March

Folk tales are passed down from generation to generation due to their captivating story line and the insight they offer. In collaboration with Qatar Reads under the campaign One book One Doha, join us for A Night with Kalila and Dimna. These fables, with animals as main characters, offer useful wisdom and guidance. We will discuss the book together and express the learnings in a creative way.
Sunday 20st March  for Arabic Session
Monday 21st March  for English Session

With a cultural icon like Kalila wa Dimna, the effects are far and wide. Come join us to see how fashion and clothing identity has been shaped by literature. Bring your own book for a book exchange! Experience silk-screen printing of the characters, styling with animal prints, and more with InStudio Club.

Target audience: Adults only

• Paint your favorite character
• Activity: “I read, Qatar reads”

Join us to discuss your favorite elements of Kalila wa Dimna in this session led by a local book club and attended by a majority of English speakers.  You’ll also enjoy refreshments in this exciting evening.

Target audience: Adults

Wednesday, 16 March

Kalila wa Dimna is all about strategy! Chess is featured in some of the fables. Come hone your strategic thinking with a night of board games.
Target audience: University students

• Theatre Show
• Rewriting one of the book stories

13th – 17th March

• Paint your favorite character
• Show Time
• Creative writing
• Panel Discussion

Dates: 13, 20, 21, and 22 March

Join us for storytime around Kalila wa Dimna, one of the most widespread and influential books in history. It is a collection of tales teaching wisdom, transcended languages, cultures and religions, and travelled from India across the world.
Age: Children 2-9 years old
Dates: Week of 13^th of March to 19^th of March
Location: Children’s Library – Multipurpose Room

Check out Kalila wa Dimna from the children’s library or read it online! Participate in our poster competition through our Instagram account (qnl_children) by creating a poster on an A3 paper of your favorite scene or character. Submit your artwork by the 24^rd of March at the library and have a chance to win the best poster design. QNL staff will be voting for the for the 3 most creative and expressive posters. Winners will be announced on Instagram on the 31^st of March and will receive an award. All work will be celebrated through Instagram and hung in the children library in a display as well.
Age: Children and young Adults 7-18 years old
The Competition will start from 13^th March until 24^th March 2022
Winners announced 31^st March