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About the Center

A neutral space in the heart of Tripoli, open to everyone — and the people, rooms and nineteen years of work that keep it that way.

عن المركز

إبدَع. حافِظ.  Create. Preserve.

Our Story

Beyond education.
We inspire.

In 2007 the Safadi Center opened its doors in the heart of Tripoli, across from the Rachid Karame International Fair and overlooking the Mediterranean. Across 8,400 square meters of halls, studios and stages, it has welcomed guests from every background ever since.

It was built on a simple idea: that a city with this much history deserves a place where its culture is made, not just remembered. Nineteen years on, the building is busy six days a week — a choir rehearsing upstairs, a kiln cooling in the workshop, a film club arguing in the foyer.

Nothing here is members-only. The Center is deliberately neutral ground: no single community owns it, and everyone is expected in it.

2007Founded
8,400m² of culture
340Auditorium seats

What We Stand For

Four founding goals

Written when the Center opened, and still the test we hold every program against.

Milestones

How we got here

    The Building

    Room by room

    Eight thousand four hundred square meters, and every one of them in use.

    Meet the Team

    The people behind it

    A small permanent team, a roster of instructors, and a lot of volunteers.

    Come and See

    The door is genuinely open

    Visit, volunteer, book a room, or just come to something and see what you think.

    Visit us

    Ramzi El Safadi Street, Maarad, Tripoli — facing the Rachid Karame International Fair.

    Find us

    Get involved

    Volunteer roles, internships and ways to stay connected with the Center's work.

    See how

    See what's on

    The month's programme across all eight disciplines, and the calendar behind it.

    Events & calendar