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National Library of Syria
The National Library of Syria (Arabic: المكتبة الوطنية السورية, romanized: al-Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah al-Sūrīyah) is the national legal deposit and copyright library of Syria, located in the capital Damascus overlooking the Umayyad Square.
The Libraries and Documents Association of Syria has its headquarters at the National Library. As of July 2025[update] the Director is Saeed Hijazi.
In 1976, Syria's Ministry of Culture announced an official decision to build a national library. Construction began in 1978 and the library was completed in November 1983 and was opened the following year. The library's purpose was "to gather all books and daily issues in addition to all kinds of literature connected with our ancestral cultural legacy", then to sort out these materials to serve researchers and scholars and benefit them.
The library, from its founding until December 10, 2024 (two days after the fall of the Assad regime), was named the Al-Assad National Library (Arabic: مَكْتَبَةُ الْأَسَدِ الْوَطَنِيَّةِ, romanized: Maktabat al-ʾAsad al-Waṭanīyah), after Hafez al-Assad.
The library has several departments which include a lecture hall and a special department for blind people. The library's departments are as follows:
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National Library of Syria
The National Library of Syria (Arabic: المكتبة الوطنية السورية, romanized: al-Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah al-Sūrīyah) is the national legal deposit and copyright library of Syria, located in the capital Damascus overlooking the Umayyad Square.
The Libraries and Documents Association of Syria has its headquarters at the National Library. As of July 2025[update] the Director is Saeed Hijazi.
In 1976, Syria's Ministry of Culture announced an official decision to build a national library. Construction began in 1978 and the library was completed in November 1983 and was opened the following year. The library's purpose was "to gather all books and daily issues in addition to all kinds of literature connected with our ancestral cultural legacy", then to sort out these materials to serve researchers and scholars and benefit them.
The library, from its founding until December 10, 2024 (two days after the fall of the Assad regime), was named the Al-Assad National Library (Arabic: مَكْتَبَةُ الْأَسَدِ الْوَطَنِيَّةِ, romanized: Maktabat al-ʾAsad al-Waṭanīyah), after Hafez al-Assad.
The library has several departments which include a lecture hall and a special department for blind people. The library's departments are as follows: