Beirut Arab University opened the Scholar Dr. Omar Farroukh Library, at the Human Sciences Library at Beirut campus, in his memory and a tribute to his good spirit, and in honour of his fragrant educational and academic career.
Dr. Omar Farroukh is the second President of Wakf El Bir Wal Ihsan, and he is a university professor and lecturer who has received many honors and certificates of recognition from Lebanon, Kuwait and Pakistan. He is also a member of the Arab Academy in Damascus and Baghdad and the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, member of the Union of Arab Historians and the Islamic Research Foundation in Mombai. He has more than one hundred books most were translated to foreign languages.
The President of the University Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wakf El Bir Wal Ihsan and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University Dr. Ammar Houry, members of the Board, BAU Secretary General Dr. Omar Houri, Faculty Deans, Academic staff, Administrators, Dr. Farroukh’s family and a crowd of intellectuals attended the opening.
After a welcome speech by the Director of Public Relations and Communications at the University, delivered by Ms. Zina Ariss, the President of the University, Professor Abdel Salam said: "This library is a celebration and praise of Dr. Omar Farroukh's intellectual legacy and appreciation of his outstanding contributions to contemporary Arab thought. It contains a wide range of his works and rare books, as well as books and manuscripts he has collected throughout his life ".
Professor Abdel Salam continued: "This library is not just a place to collect books, but it is a center for learning and research. It is an ideal platform for students, researchers and those interested in Arab thought to access, study and discuss in depth Dr. Farroukh's works."
His son, Dr. Osama Farroukh, spoke on behalf of the family: "The family of the Scholar Dr. Omar Farroukh thanked Beirut Arab University for accepting a dear gift to our hearts. It is a library collection that our father, Dr. Omar, spent years enriching it with reference books of heritage and contemporary books, philosophy, jurisprudence, literature, history and poetry.
As his children, we will never forget that his room which contained his library that was his symbolic hermitage and a place where he sits alone, thinks and writes. He would be saddened by the underdevelopment of our country after an age of outstanding renaissance. Yes, he was holding the nation's concerns over his shoulders.
Then, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Ammar Houry, said: "How much pride I feel today that I was a student of Omar Farroukh. And I am also proud that I sit on the same seat that he sat on as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wakf El Bir Wal Ihsan. I am proud today that Omar Farroukh's library is now in this noble educational edifice, in safe hands at Beirut Arab University. All thanks go to his family and congratulations to his students and lovers and to our Muslim, Lebanese and Arab communities ".
The audience and his family then toured in the library commending on the books it contained that enriches our intellectual heritage.
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