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Digitizing the Egyptian Engineers Society Collection

Within a partnership between Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and Dr. Abd El-Hady Hussein, President of the Egyptian Engineering Society, the BA Manuscripts Museum will digitize the collection of the Egyptian Engineers Society, including around 2900 books dating back to ...

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Francophone Library Children Workshops

The BA Francophone Library holds a series of workshops entitled “Vacalire” for francophone children aged from 6 to 9 years old, in an aim to advance their creative skills and give them a platform for self-expression and accepting the other. The first workshop, held on 9, 10 and 13 July 2014, is ...

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Al-Azhar Catalogue

The BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies has recently published Al-Azhar Catalogue in Arabic with a prologue by Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb, an introduction by Dr. Ismail Serageldin; Director of the Library of Alexandria, compiled by Mohamed El-Sayed Hamdy and Dr. Shaymaa El-Sayeh, ...

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Dar Al-Hilal Book Receives the State Incentive Award

Mahmoud Ezzat, Head of the BA Cultural Relations and Information Support Unit, received the 2014 State Incentive Award in Journalism and Media for Dar Al-Hilal Madreset Al-Tanweer (Dar Al-Hilal: A School of Enlightenment) Catalogue that was published within the Memory of Modern Egypt project. The ...

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The Writing and Scripts Center at the International Association for Arabic Calligraphy and Islamic Illumination

The BA Writing and Scripts Center was chosen as a Founding Member of the International Association for Arabic Calligraphy and Islamic Illumination for its outstanding role in Arabic calligraphy studies. With its headquarter in Amman, Jordan, the International Association for Arabic calligraphy and ...

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