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The President issues a decision to form the Board of Directors of the National Library of Palestine

Ramallah-National Library: the president of the state of Palestine, chairman of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Mahmoud Abbas, issued a decision to form the board of Directors of the National Library of Palestine, based on the provisions of the statute of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the provisions of the amended Basic Law of 2003 and its amendments, and the Presidential Decree No. 6 of 2019 regarding the establishment of the National Library of Palestine and its amendments. Accordingly, the board of Directors of the National Library shall be as follows:

1. Mr. Issa Ahmed Abdul Hamid Qaraqe / head of the National Library / president

2. Mr. / undersecretary of the Ministry of culture / member 

3. Mr. / undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities / member 

4. Mr. / undersecretary of the Ministry of higher education and scientific research/ member

5. Mr. Essam Khalil Halaiqa / representative of BirZeit University / Member

6. Mr. Louay Azmi Ghazzawi / representative of Hebron University / Member 

7. Mr. Mitri Bishara Al-Raheb / representative of Dar al-Kalima University / member

8. Ms. Intisar Walid Ali Abu Amara / expert in the field of Management and Institutional Development/ member 

9. Mr. Ibrahim Yasser Ibrahim Abu al-Wafa / expert in the field of libraries / member 

10. Ms. Randa Ahmed Badawi Abdullah Kamal / expert in the field of libraries / member

11. Mr. Dawas Tayseer Rashid Dawas / secretary general of the Palestinian National Commission for Education, Culture and Science/ member 

12. Mr. Fathi Khalil Mohammed Albes / Director General of Mahmoud Darwish Museum / member

13. Ms. Honaida Omar Ghanem / Madar Center for Israeli Studies / member