Past Events

Are you a new Library member or just haven’t visited us in a while? Join us for an introductory session about Library membership. You’ll hear about your benefits and responsibilities as a member, get information about our borrowing policies and how to use our self-borrowing stations, and learn how to find books and other resources in our collections. Sign up and start getting the most out of your membership! 

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into reusable products to prevent waste of these potentially useful materials. The Library, in cooperation with the Friends of the Environment Center, will conduct a workshop to recycle your special supplies at home, such as paper, cloth and plastic, so you can help preserve your environment and create wonderful new products. 

Looking for some summertime adventure for your child? Join us for a fun and exciting virtual storytime in English every Sunday. Kids with unique abilities are welcome! 

Join our Virtual Knitting and Crochet Meetup to share experiences, information and more. Everyone is welcome, including beginners and those who want to learn. Grab your yarn and needles and let’s chat! 

In the second season of the Productive Researcher Series, we will focus on research methodologies. We will bring experts from around the world to discuss on most commonly used research methodologies. In this session, we will discuss content and critical discourse analysis. Special guest Dr. Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Director of Executive and Graduate Education at Northwestern University in Qatar, will share his expertise on content analysis. 

Parents can find quickly preparing healthy lunch meals a challenging daily task. Join us for an Instagram Live workshop with Rasha Esbitan, who will show how to prepare a special healthy chicken breast dish in record time. Everyone is welcome to this event, including beginners and those who wish to learn the art of cooking. And don't forget to browse the cookbooks available on our electronic resources! 

Did you know that chess improves memory, problem-solving and IQ? It's also a wonderful way to improve focus, flex those creativity muscles, and most importantly, kids have fun playing.

Early childhood is considered the optimal period for developing speech and language skills in children. During this interactive session, we will learn how we can support the development of our children's speech and language skills. Each participant will create an educational toolbox and fill it with simple strategies to support their children's ability to communicate and build their language skills. The session will be presented by speech and language pathologist Ruba Dababat from The Learning Center at Qatar Foundation. 

Thinking as a mental process is important in developing the abilities of the individual and society. In this workshop, we will learn the characteristics of the processes of thinking and creative and critical thinking. 

Machine learning algorithms are already running in most of our machines: phones, computers and everything that is digital. In this session, Albert Yumol, a data scientist, will introduce participants to the concepts of machine learning and artificial intelligence and how they are applied to projects in object detection, face recognition and smart chatbot systems. After the session, participants will be able to make an algorithm that classifies images in a zoo.