Librairie Maktaba Bookshop

165 rue Saint-Paul Ouest, Montreal, QC H2Y 1Z5

Founded by Sundus and Yassin in 2022, MAKTABA is an artist-run, deeply-rooted space invested in representation and culture.

MAKTABA is a concept bookshop and boutique nestled in a heritage building in the Old Port of Montreal / Tio:tia’ke. We carry a curated selection of books by diverse authors on a variety of subjects, for readers of all ages. Our purpose is to cultivate and share knowledge, inspiration and imagination.

At MAKTABA, we value culture over commerce. While it may be perceived as a business, MAKTABA was intuited and intended as a site-specific art installation, a curatorial project, a storytelling experience, and a gathering place for our growing community-(ies). Our mission is led by what it means to create space, curate with care, and cultivate community through the power of books and knowledge. With care being central to our practice, we approach MAKTABA with a micro to macro lens on self, community and the world. Knowledge of self, critical thinking, and world-building are core elements we always return to. It is modelled on the notion of home, as wide and endless as such a concept can be.

MAKTABA MOMENTS, our in-house programming series, is entirely curated and produced by We Are The Medium.