Our Mission

ASSABIL is a non-sectarian NGO that promotes cultural participation and knowledge sharing through public libraries and public spaces. We encourage reading, unlock imaginations, and nurture critical thinking, thereby contributing to building well-informed communities.

 

We develop capacities, network, and share expertise with public libraries, cultural actors, and educational institutions in Lebanon to ensure that inclusive programming strategies are applied, and state-of-the-art tools and equitable access to knowledge are in place to reach out to everyone and encourage their active participation in civic life.


Our Vision

We envision an inclusive world where culture and knowledge drive individual development and social transformation.

We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.

—ALBERTO MANGUEL