Visit us
Ramzi El Safadi Street, Maarad, Tripoli — facing the Rachid Karame International Fair.
Find usA neutral space in the heart of Tripoli, open to everyone — and the people, rooms and nineteen years of work that keep it that way.
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Our Story
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.
What We Stand For
Written when the Center opened, and still the test we hold every program against.
Milestones
The Building
Eight thousand four hundred square meters, and every one of them in use.
Meet the Team
A small permanent team, a roster of instructors, and a lot of volunteers.
Come and See
Visit, volunteer, book a room, or just come to something and see what you think.
Ramzi El Safadi Street, Maarad, Tripoli — facing the Rachid Karame International Fair.
Find usVolunteer roles, internships and ways to stay connected with the Center's work.
See howThe month's programme across all eight disciplines, and the calendar behind it.
Events & calendar