Dar Al Kutub Al Qatariyya (Arabic: دار الكتب القطرية, romanized: Dār al-Kutub al-Qatarīyyah) is a library in Doha, Qatar that served as the national library until the opening of the Qatar National Library in 2012.[1] It was founded in 1962 and is considered to be the first public library in the Persian Gulf region.[2]