The National Library of Aleppo was established in 1924 through the initiative of the distinguished scholar Kamel al-Ghazzi and Reverend Minsh. It started with a modest collection of no more than 1,500 books housed in two rooms within Khan al-Jumruk. In 1939, with funding from Prince Mustafa al-Shihabi, the library moved to a new building in Bab al-Faraj Square, evolving into a cultural beacon that today holds 100,000 books\u2014two-thirds of them in Arabic\u2014alongside rare documents. The library consists of two floors: Upper floor: Houses two reading halls named after Omar Abu Risha and Khayr al-Din al-Asadi, along with a book storage area. Lower floor: Features a theater with a capacity of 300 people, which has hosted lectures and literary evenings with renowned authors like Taha Hussein and Bint al-Shati, as well as theatrical performances such as Othello. Managed by distinguished intellectuals, including the poet Omar Abu Risha, the library remains a vital hub for researchers, welcoming around 600 visitors daily during the academic season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Library of Aleppo was established in 1924 through the initiative of the distinguished scholar Kamel al-Ghazzi and Reverend Minsh. It started with a modest collection of no more than 1,500 books housed in two rooms within Khan al-Jumruk. In 1939, with funding from Prince Mustafa al-Shihabi, the library moved to a new building in Bab al-Faraj Square, evolving into a cultural beacon that today holds 100,000 books\u2014two-thirds of them in Arabic\u2014alongside rare documents. The library consists of two floors: Upper floor: Houses two reading halls named after Omar Abu Risha and Khayr al-Din al-Asadi, along with a book storage area. Lower floor: Features a theater with a capacity of 300 people, which has hosted lectures and literary evenings with renowned authors like Taha Hussein and Bint al-Shati, as well as theatrical performances such as Othello. Managed by distinguished intellectuals, including the poet Omar Abu Risha, the library remains a vital hub for researchers, welcoming around 600 visitors daily during the academic season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,332],"tags":[243],"class_list":["post-5984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aleppo","category-heritage-museums-and-libraries-aleppo","tag-preserved-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}