<div class="container"><div class="sidebar"><p class="opening-hours-title">The Common Library is open from Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm.&nbsp;<br>For information on readings, artist talks and workshops in the Common Library, see our upcoming Events.</p><img class="image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/library.png" alt="Library Catalog" width="391" height="293"><p class="img-cap">Photo credit: Christopher Baaklini, Arab Image Foundation</p><p class="library-cat-title">Library Catalog:</p><p class="library-catalog">This catalog is an online database of our physical library. It holds over 2,300 books, journals and documents related to photography, art, and the MENA region.&nbsp; <br>The library is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in photography and visual culture.</p><p><button class="lib-rel-work">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            </button></p></div><div class="content"><div class="lib-desc"><p class="lib-desc-text">The Common Library, located at the Arab Image Foundation, is shared with Dawawine, Public Works and Archive Books. Together we house an extensive collection of publications on a range of themes, from photography, and art, to critical theory and feminism, from cinema and theatre, to history and urbanism. Whether you want to delve into the works of renowned photographers or explore the intricacies of the city, or even calligraphy, our library offers a critical and diverse range of books and ephemera, housed within space fostering community and cultural exchange.</p><p class="lib-desc-text">If you are seeking a quiet space to study or work; an environment to discuss or organise; or a place to simply charge your phone and cool down from the heat, you are welcome to visit the Common Library.</p></div><div class="section recent-acquisition-lib"><h2 class="recent-acq-title">Recent Acquisition</h2><p class="acquisition"><strong class="acq-strong">03 April 2024</strong> <span class="box1">Acquisition title </span><span class="box2">Author </span><span class="box3">Acquired from/Donated by </span><span class="box4">Brief description&nbsp;</span></p><p class="acquisition"><strong lass="acq-strong">03 April 2024</strong> Acquisition title Author Acquired from/Donated by Brief description</p></div><div class="section featured-publication"><h2 class="featured-pub-title">Featured Publication</h2><p class="publication-text">In difficult times like these, we need more spaces to gather...</p><div class="publications"><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/amongaseaofinfluences copy.jpg" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"><span class="author-name">Mona Kareem, Marwa Helal, Iman Mersal &nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publication-title">AMONG A SEA OF INFLUENCES</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/SORRY I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN _ .webp" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">Qalqalah &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publication-title">SORRY I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN ?&nbsp;</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/ENTRE LES LANGUES Conférences بين اللّغات. محاضرات.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"><span class="author-name"> Yassine Temlali et Tiphaine Samoyault&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publication-title">ENTRE LES LANGUES Conférences</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/صموئل بكت، ترجمة ديك الجن.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">Carmelo Bene, Gilles Deleuze &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">صموئل بكت، ترجمة ديك الجن</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/PENSÉE GRECQUE CULTURE ARABE Le mouvement de traduction gréco-arabe à Bagdad et la société abbasside primitive (IIe-IV_VIIIe-Xe siècles).webp" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">Dimitri Gutas, traduit de l’anglais par Abdesselam Cheddadi &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">PENSÉE GRECQUE CULTURE ARABE&nbsp;</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/HARSH OUT OF TENDERNESS.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">John Taylor &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">HARSH OUT OF TENDERNESS&nbsp;</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/KALIARDÁ Λεξικό της αργκό των ομοφυλοφίλων στην Ελλάδα.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">Ilias Petropoulous &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">KALIARDÁ&nbsp;</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/THE QUEER ARAB GLOSSARY.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">Marwan Kaabour &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">THE QUEER ARAB GLOSSARY</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/DMZ COLONY.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">Don Mee Choi &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">DMZ COLONY</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/PIDGINIZATION AS CURATORIAL METHOD Messing with languages and praxes of curating.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">naventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">PIDGINIZATION AS CURATORIAL&nbsp;</strong></div></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/FASSL n5 ASSIA DJEBAR.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">عبد الفتّاح كيليطو&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">FASSL n5 ASSIA DJEBAR</strong></div><div class="publication"><img class="pub-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/The illustrated survival guide.png" alt="Publication Image" width="141" height="176"> <span class="author-name">Ivan Canu, Giacomo Benelli, Laura Cangemi and Roberta Scarabelli &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br><strong class="publition-title">THE ILLUSTRATED SURVIVAL GUIDE&nbsp;</strong></div></div></div><div class="section auditorium"><h2 class="aud-title">Auditorium</h2><img class="aud-image" src="/aif_website/web/sites/default/files/inline-images/auditorium.jpg" alt="Auditorium" width="400" height="267"><p class="auditorium-text">Beside the Common Library is an auditorium / screening room. The room features a professional-grade DCP Projector provided by the Cooperative of Cinema Professionals, and cinema chairs contributed by Dawawine.</p><p class="auditorium-text">While members of the Cooperative have access to the screening room and its facilities, we also hire out the space to other professionals. Our hope is to create a hub for varied programming and screenings, whilst also establishing a self-sustaining economic model that covers any maintenance and operational costs, contributing to the economy we share with our collaborators.</p><p class="auditorium-text">For information on programmes and screenings in the auditorium / screening room, see our upcoming Events.</p><p class="auditorium-text">Collaborators&nbsp;<br>Dawawine is a cultural entity specialised in film, dance, theatre and music. It will using the library and auditorium for its public programmes, but also jointly programme with one or multiple entities in the space on topics of shared interest. The Common Library holds around 900 books from Dawawine.</p><p class="auditorium-text">Public Works is a research and design studio that critically tackles urban and social issues. Public Works has contributed around 200 books to the common library.</p><p class="auditorium-text">Archive Books is a polycentric publishers cooperative with bases in Milan, Berlin and Dakar. The Common Library at AIF is one of their new centres. The cooperative is a community of practitioners collaborating across regions and socio-political environments. As a result, their work is deeply rooted in a sustained scrutiny of the role of languages, visuality, and archives in the perpetration of the coloniality of knowledge.</p><p class="auditorium-text">The Cooperative of Cinema Professionals is a collective of industry professionals spanning cinematographers, colourists, sound engineers, animators, set designers, and filmmakers.</p></div></div>