Bookstore Department

It contains the following:

The main library

This library contains more than 220000 titles including half million tangible units, their topics deal with culture, Arab heritage, Islam, Arabic language and Arab Islamic history, most of them are prints in addition to unprinted materials such as multimedia and digital materials. Main part of these materials are in Arabic, English, Persian, French and other languages.

The private libraries

The center possesses a number of private libraries which were built up by scientists, literary figures and thinkers from different countries. These libraries are now enriching the center with the rare and valuable books which were noted by their owners with remarks and comments that reflected their opinion whether they are critique, explanation or addition.

The center acquired these libraries by various ways such as purchasing, gifting, exchanging or endowment and the center owns now more than 60 private libraries dealing with different subjects such as literature, Shariah sciences, history and archeology according to the interest and specialization of their owners.

Juma Al Majid Center for Culture and Heritage bound itself to keep each of these private libraries in the same condition as it was with its owner, without changing its system of arrangement as to be grateful for the scientist  who spent his time and effort for the sake of knowledge, learning and teaching, leaving for us a library as an evidence of his knowledge. The center has pledged to take care, maintain, repair and catalog these libraries for the benefit of all scholars and researchers.

Periodicals library  

Periodicals are considered the original sources of information. Their originality derives from the originality and quality of their contents. Periodicals are distinguished by the latest news of knowledge that not confirmed enough to be published in books. They are also distinguished by the joint efforts that one issue of a single periodical reflects the opinions of several thinkers and scientific inclinations. The library contains 5800 titles in more than 500000 issues with different languages such as Arabic, English, French and Persian. The information of these periodicals has entered on the public library’s catalog