Assabil, Culture for All

Founded in 1997, Assabil, Culture for All is a non-governmental organisation based in Beirut, Lebanon working on education, arts & culture, community development.

Assabil, Culture for All is a non-governmental association founded in 1997 in Lebanon to establish and promote public libraries and open cultural spaces. Its non-sectarian libraries in Beirut are run in partnership with the Municipality of Beirut, and it operates the Kotobus mobile library serving disadvantaged children across Lebanon. The association also runs a resource and training centre for librarians, teachers and community organisations, supports a network of partner libraries around Lebanon, publishes the Sawa magazine for young people, and organises cultural and reading activities. Its work centres on promoting reading, free access to information and culture, and civic participation.