PILOT is a bi-lingual (Arabic/English) online library cataloguing system,

developed by CLUSTER to network together specialized collections held by

civil society organizations throughout the MENA region. PILOT currently

joins together the libraries of 22 initiatives in Cairo, Alexandria, Amman and

Beirut. These libraries include specialized collections traversing the fields of

art, architecture, urbanism, cinema and the social sciences. PILOT adopts a

universal cataloguing system (Library of Congress).

Member Libraries:

• CAIRO: Artellewa – Balassi Institute – CIC – CILAS – Cimatheque – CLUSTER (Cairo Urban Resource Library) – Megawra – Shehayeb CONSULT – Townhouse Gallery
• ALEXANDRIA: Mass Alexandria
• BEIRUT: The Knowledge Workshop – Arab Image Foundation – Beirut Art Center Bookshop – Arab Center For Architecture
• AMMAN: Studio-X Amman (Janet Abu-Lughod Library) – ACOR – CBRL British Institute – Darat Al Funun – Turath – Jafar Tukan Library – Sijal Institute – Central Amman Library

PILOT Workshops: 

Cairo / December 2014
Cairo / February 2015
Amman / May 2017
Amman / July 2017
Amman / October 2017
Amman / March 2019
Beirut / October 2017
Beirut / June 2019
Tunis / September 2019
Tangier / October 2019