OUR LIBRARY
Fiker Institute’s Library was born out of a unique vision: to invite writers, readers, artists, researchers, diplomats and policymakers to question their assumptions about world history, global politics and culture in the modern era. Through our interdisciplinary book curation, visitors are encouraged to critically examine and confront western-dominated narratives that have too often been conflated as universal truths. Browsing Fiker Institute’s collections is intended to be a self-reflective act, an intellectual exercise in pushing against existing political and cultural hegemonies that have guided, and continue to guide, knowledge production in international affairs around the world, to this day.
In many ways, we are attempting to contest conventional classifications and geographic associations of scholarly disciplines. Our division of categories attempts to present a more balanced interpretation of politics and culture, both past and present. By giving voice to marginalized issues, peoples and geographies, our library proposes a new and bold proposition – one that intentionally and wilfully casts aside exclusionary lenses about Arabs and the Middle East as a whole.
VISIT US
Location: Warehouse 88, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, Dubai
Email: library@fikerinstitute.org
Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, closed on Mondays.
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience and The Fight For A Sustainable Future
Fire & Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present
Geopolitics for the End Time: From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis
Daily Pass
Daily passes are ideal for visitors who have short-term research projects or need access for a limited time. They are entitled to use the full political, cultural, and economic collections of the library.
