BBC Arabic's Afaq programme on the British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership

4,533 views · Published 1 November 2013 · 20:14 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: British Library · 2013 · Education

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The British Library is working in partnership with the Qatar Foundation and the Qatar National Library to digitise half a million pages of archival and manuscript material relating to the Gulf, creating an online portal that will be available to a diverse range of audiences around the world. This video is a recent edition of BBC Arabic's Afaq programme about the project, exploring the creation of one of the world's most ambitious and accessible resources for studies into Gulf History and Arabic Science.

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