Logos Hope, the world's largest floating library, arrives on Wednesday at Aqaba

Weather of Arabia - On Wednesday (January 25), the shores of the city of Aqaba will receive the "Logos Hope" ship, which carries the "largest floating library" in the world, and will open its doors to the public on the second day of its arrival.

Logos Hope welcomes visitors to spread knowledge and hope

The director of the floating library project in Jordan, Gabulani Mlambo, said in a press statement, Monday, that "Logos Hope's sister ship, Dolos, visited the port of Aqaba in 2005, and received about 33,000 visitors, and it is expected that Logos Hope will receive 60,000 visitors."

Mlambo added that the ship, which is 132 meters long, is the largest floating library in the world, and is managed by the non-profit organization "DGBI Chips" based in Germany, with the aim of spreading knowledge and hope in every port you visit, and the ship was chosen on Port Said to be its first destination in the new year. And then the city of Aqaba.

The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority has prepared a program to welcome the ship upon its arrival with popular folklore and welcome in the way of the people of Aqaba, reflecting the identity of the coastal city and the longevity of its historical past.

The ship's program includes selling books at nominal and reduced prices, and distributing some souvenirs. Such as bags, cups, pens, medals and bracelets in appreciation of the public for their visit.

What is special about "Logos Hope"?

330 people from 70 countries around the world work on board the "Logos Hope", which makes the experience of visiting the ship unique. Young youth who love peace, culture, and communication with the whole world. They seek to heal the rift in the dispute between different world civilizations and cultures, whether in their small surroundings within the ship’s borders, or outside the ship’s borders in every country or port they visit, so that peace and positivity prevail among them, and they export it to All the ports they pass through.

There are on board the "Logos Hope" ship - whose name means "Slogans of Hope" - about half a million books, and the display library can accommodate only five thousand books, so the volunteers on the ship choose the books that are displayed carefully according to the language and culture of the country that anchor in it.

Visitors are allowed to tour the first floor of the ship, and this floor is divided into two parts, one of which is in the form of a semi-circle, which is the display library, and the other is a theater for cultural performances for school students.

The library includes a variety of titles for literature, science and mathematics, a section dedicated to children's stories, and another for self-development and culinary arts. At the end of the browsing experience and selection of books, visitors go to the Accounts section to purchase.

The ship docks approximately every three weeks in a different port, and at the ship's reception in each port, the crew members wear the national clothes of the country in which it docks, to present what is known as the "parade of nations" during which they talk about their experience of coming to volunteer on board the ship.

After the end of the opening, visitors begin to flock, and here you will find a volunteer who will greet you when you climb the ladder of the ship to direct you to a closed room in which a female volunteer will explain the structure of the ship and what you can see on board.

The Story of the Logos Hope: From Cruise Ship to Giant Library

Built in 1973 in the northern German port of Rendsburg, the Logos Hope has served as a cargo ship for a number of companies over the past ten years. And in 1983 it was sold to a ferry company in the Danish Faroe Islands to transport passengers and goods in the summer between Iceland and Norway, until it was sold in March 2004 to Good Books For All, a German charitable company that owns a number of floating libraries that tour the ports of the world.

Logos Hope has undergone an extensive renovation at a shipyard in Croatia, where the ship's car storage space has been replaced with a wooden floor designed as a 5,000-book library. The ship also added elegant rooms for crew members and spaces for cultural performances, and in 2009 the German charity Good Books For All officially launched the ship as a floating library.

The Logos Hope ship visited more than 480 ports in 150 countries in the world, and in 13 years it received nearly 49 million visitors on board, and it still raises the slogan "exchanging knowledge, providing assistance and hope" in every port it visits.

During its long sailing, the Logos Hope docked in several Arab countries, the last of which was Lebanon and Libya, before it dropped its anchor in Port Said, Egypt, where it will remain until the 23rd of this month, after which it will sail to the city of Aqaba, south of Jordan.