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Al-Kutubiyya (Library clerk) is one of the ancient professions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which includes selling, displaying, arranging, and archiving books. This profession has spread in a number of Saudi provinces, especially Makkah al-Mukarramah and al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, due to the flourishing of trade during the Hajj and Umrah seasons, besides being affected by the activity of the scientific movement in the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque. A person practicing this professio...