The Center is dedicated to culture through its public libraries in Al-Jouf and Al-Ghat, the public cultural activities it organizes, its publishing program, and its support for the research and studies it sponsors. It also publishes Adumatu, a journal specializing in the archaeology of the Arab world, and Al-Jouba, a cultural magazine.
The Center includes Dar Al-Uloom in the city of Sakaka and Dar Al-Rahmaniyah in Al-Ghat Governorate, each comprising a men’s section and a women’s section. The Center is funded by the Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy Charitable Foundation.

The Center was launched through an initiative by Prince Abdulrahman bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy (Governor of the Al-Jouf Region from 1362–1410 AH), who established the first public library in Al-Jouf in 1383 AH, naming it Dar Al-Uloom. This initiative stemmed from his desire—may Allah have mercy on him—to contribute to a cultural renaissance within the local community and to stimulate cultural engagement through diverse activities and programs involving members of society.

Vision and Mission

Vision
A window of knowledge, learning, and culture; a leading center for scientific and literary research; and an active contributor to community service.

Mission
The Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy Cultural Center seeks to deliver cultural and knowledge-based programs through interaction and participation with the local community, and to activate and develop its public libraries through information systems and diverse information resources.

Objectives

• Managing the public libraries affiliated with the Center in Al-Jouf and Al-Ghat.

• Contributing to the preservation of literary and archaeological heritage within the Center’s service area.

• Supporting studies and research and publishing related information.

• Establishing a monthly magazine.

• Building a grand mosque, a hospital, and a kindergarten.

Prince Abdulrahman bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy’s (may Allah have mercy on him) initiative to establish a cultural center in Al-Jouf stemmed from his desire to serve the region where he worked as governor. He sought to serve the area he loved in the cultural sphere, alongside his official duties entrusted to him by the leadership—thus combining formal governmental service with voluntary community service as a model of a citizen devoted to his homeland and nation.

Despite the ambitious goals set by the founder, he began by establishing a public library in Al-Jouf, initially named the Public Culture Library, making it a haven for readers and researchers. He supplied it with available books and periodicals of the time, and it became a destination for reading, borrowing books, and accessing local and Arab newspapers. This coincided with his official initiatives to promote education in the Al-Jouf region for both males and females, in urban and Bedouin communities alike.

Subsequently, the services of the Public Culture Library expanded and it became known as Dar Al-Uloom, undertaking diverse cultural activities to serve the region’s residents. The founder then established the Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy Charitable Foundation to manage and fund Dar Al-Uloom in Al-Jouf, and endowed it with a waqf to ensure the continuity and development of its services within an institutional framework—aligned with the spirit of the times and the evolution of knowledge and cultural technologies in contemporary societies.