Burj Alluqluq Social center

Project: Refurbishing the Faisal Husseini Library 
Founded: 2002 
Location: Burj Alluqluq Social Center 

The Faisal Husseini Library was established in 2003 and to date, the library has approx 3000 books mostly Arabic. Since there are very few libraries in the Old City of Jerusalem is an important source for city residents especially children. Though the city’s population is rather large, the library patrons are mostly young we also need to attract all people. The library needed to expand its shelve space and study area as the interest grows. The library’s drive to double the number of books and recruit new members has been successful. The Jerusalem Fund helped Burj Alluqluq, one of the few Palestinian charities in Jerusalem to expand their library and acquire a copy scan machine. Therefore we have a need to increase the number of shelves tables and also we need a copy/scan machine and recruit new volunteers and learners.