About Taha Hussein Library

The Taha Hussein Library is a new concept, opening new horizons for the blind and the visually impaired enabling them to access all the resources of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina as well as the resources on the Internet.

The Taha Hussein Library is one of the specialized libraries in the BA concerned with providing services not only for the blind but also for other print-handicapped readers. The electronic library is equipped with special software. This special software allows direct access to the BA website and the Internet, too.

View from the TH Library

The main objectives of this Library is to promote national and international cooperation in this field and to encourage research and development in all aspects of this area, thus improving the access of information for the blind and other print-handicapped individuals. It aims at bringing a new era of knowledge and information technologies to the blind and visually impaired and creating a new generation of blind individuals capable of facing the new digital age and able to cope with the new information technologies.

The Library, named in honor of Taha Hussein, one of the most famous blind writers in the Egyptian and Arab culture. The library chose the name to indicate that it will be the center for educating all blind and visually impaired individuals seeking knowledge from this library.

Besides accessing all resources available in the BA main library, the Taha Hussein Library also holds some Braille documents and talking books.