Sultan Al Qasimi inaugurates the latest model of future libraries in the world
"House of Wisdom" ... a new masterpiece of knowledge in Sharjah
The Ruler of Sharjah toured the building and inspected the facilities and laboratories that the "House of Wisdom" allocated for visitors.
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His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, yesterday morning, accompanied by Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), inaugurated the "House of Wisdom" building, an innovative cultural project that embodies the latest model for future libraries. In the world, the history of Sharjah's obtaining the title of the World Book Capital is documented by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2019, as it is a living legacy of Sharjah obtaining the highest cultural title.
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah toured the building, starting his visit by stopping at the huge library housed in the "House of Wisdom", which will contain 305 thousand books in various cultural, literary and knowledge fields, of which 11 thousand are in different languages, including 105 thousand paper books, and nearly 200 He wrote an electronic book.
His Highness learned from those in charge of the project how the House of Wisdom embodied His Highness’s vision of presenting a model for libraries that integrates in an innovative way the concepts of the library and the social and cultural meeting place, and turns it into a social platform for learning and knowledge, reinforced by innovation tools and advanced technologies. His Highness stopped at the separate library for children. , Which contains more than 2000 books, and the Juvenile Department Library, which contains about 3000 books.
Facilities
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah inspected the facilities and laboratories allocated by the House of Wisdom for visitors, as His Highness recognized the self-service station “Espresso Books”, which is characterized by its high ability and speed to print books in a record period, and provided by the House of Wisdom to enable visitors to print and package any book. With high technology.
His Highness also visited the “Al-Jazari Laboratory” whose name came in recognition of the scientific and cognitive contributions made by the scientist Badi Al-Zaman Al-Jazari (1136-1206 AD), who is considered one of the most important inventors in history. Machines such as 3D printers, laser cutters, as well as a small numerical control machine (CNC), which are controlled by a computer, and enable their users to easily produce complex-shaped artifacts, and other options that make it one of the innovative and advanced laboratories. New generations portal to learn about future technologies.
His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah, stopped at the facilities designated by the "House of Wisdom" for women and children, as he visited the "Ladies' Diwan" (a hall for women), and the "Little Reader" Square, which was specially designed for children from three to 10 years old, to offer them various programs in both languages. Arabic and English, and it introduces them to various topics in innovation, technology and sustainability, while at the same time it will provide the young reader with a spacious space to learn and read.
168: 01
During the tour, His Highness was also briefed on the exhibition of artist Wafa Bilal, titled "168: 01" and presented for the first time in the Emirate of Sharjah, and comes as a reminder of the cultural loss that befell the Library of the College of Arts at the University of Baghdad, as it was burned in 2003, and more than 70 Write a book to ashes.
His Highness listened to explanations about the nature of "168: 01", which presents a library full of blank and white books, as the exhibition invites its visitors to replace white books with printed paper books, to work on renewing the lost libraries in Iraqi universities and institutes, as the donated books will be given to the existing libraries. In the University of Baghdad, Mosul, Babylon, and the Iraqi National Museum.
His Highness also reviewed the pictorial works of the artist Wafa Bilal, which came under the title "The Ashes Series."
At the end of the tour, His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah, inspected the Rasheed Hall, designated for hosting events, seminars and conferences. His Highness also visited the corridors of the outer courtyard of the "House of Wisdom", which includes landscaped gardens containing 331 trees belonging to 12 different species, overlooking the "manuscript" memorial. In celebration of the selection of Sharjah as the World Book Capital for the year 2019 by UNESCO.
Open spaces
The House of Wisdom, on an area of more than 12,000 square feet, offers a new experience for readers and researchers in the UAE and the region, as it opens its doors to hundreds of thousands of books, documents and knowledge materials preserved within an architectural masterpiece that relies on natural lighting in its design. A living garden surrounded by bookshelves, living the reading experience in open interactive spaces, and moving in lobbies and halls equipped with the latest modern technology, through which he can print and package any book in a few minutes.
The "House of Wisdom" provides an integrated educational, entertaining, and cultural space dedicated to all segments of society, including children, teens and adults. It gives readers and visitors a unique experience while wandering around the "House of Wisdom" facilities, which include multi-use spaces in which art exhibitions can be hosted, theatrical performances, and a contract Seminars, lectures, meetings, and other events, and at the same time it gives them the opportunity to read in the atmosphere of a café, restaurant, and outdoor squares distributed by many varieties of trees that include figs, ghaf and palms.
Between the good and the safe
The House of Wisdom project includes 15 halls, a hall and a yard spread over two floors, bearing the names of “Al Rashid Hall”, “Square of Wisdom”, “Al Mamoun Gallery”, “Al Jarhami Library”, “Ibn Duraid Reading Hall” and “Al Khwarizmi Gallery”. And Al-Jazari's informant, and other facilities
Construction and restoration of Al Dhaid Fort
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, yesterday visited the construction site of the historic Fort Al Dhaid in the Sharia region, which dates back more than two centuries, as His Highness inspected the progress of the project's work and the construction and restoration stages that it reached.
His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah listened to a detailed explanation from the consultant in the Department of Planning and Survey, Eng. Salah bin Butti Al Muhairi, about the project of restoration and construction of the fort, as His Highness reviewed a set of photographs that document the fort’s building, during different periods of time and from different angles. Show what it was in the past.
His Highness and the attendees watched a documentary film that reviewed the stages of building the fort, its history, and the political and security importance it constitutes, as he was a guardian of the most important natural resource for all creatures, namely water.
His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah, was briefed on some development plans for the area surrounding the fort, and His Highness directed that the project expand to include the revival of the area to include a large square for celebrations, the restoration of the Sharia Mosque, the revival of the falaj and farms, and the area supplied with a folklore market, a popular council, and a wildlife museum.
• 305,000 books in various cultural, literary and cognitive fields, 11,000 of which are in different languages.
• It documents the history of the emirate’s acquisition of the title of the World Book Capital, and is considered a living legacy of Sharjah obtaining the highest cultural title.
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