Largest personal library in Yemen unveiled

In its 55th issue, Dubai Cultural Magazine unveiled the largest personal library in Yemen, owned by the great Yemeni poet, Dr. Abdul Aziz al-Maqaleh. The discovery was made during an interview with Dr. al-Maqaleh. He revealed the story of his library that stayed closed for more than twenty years, elaborating on the stages of formation, its contents, and the shared family passion in reading of the owner and his family.


Dubai Cultural Magazine visited Dr. al-Maqaleh’s library, toured between books that almost occupies most of the great poet’s house in Sana’a. The library contains 40,000 titles in various fields of knowledge, in addition to a number of manuscripts, documents, correspondence, photographs, and other contents; revealing more of the creative experience of the owner and his role in the cultural reformation in Yemen. It is also worth mentioning that this issue was accompanied by the newest book of the known Arab critic Dr. Hatem al-Sakr, entitled “In the coma of memory.”

Source:yobserver.com/