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Serageldin on CNN

Alexandria— The Cable News Network (CNN) airs a special episode about the BA, a beacon for knowledge and culture in the Arab world, and a worldwide landmark of civilization. Inside the Middle East TV Program interviewed Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, in a special ...

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The PSC Observes Solar Eclipse over Alexandria

Alexandria— The Planetarium Science Center (PSC), will observe on Friday, 15 January 2010, a partial solar eclipse, which will be visible in the skies of Egypt. Celebrating this celestial spectacle, the PSC invites the public to participate in observing the eclipse from the BA Plaza. PSC ...

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Re-issuing Selections of the Islamic Heritage in a Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— The BA organizes on 23 and 24 December 2009 a seminar entitled: “Islamic Reform Thought” with the participation of intellectuals and specialists from 15 different Arab and Islamic countries including Turkey, Yemen, Jordon, Syria, Mali, Tunisia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and ...

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Smithsonian Institution in Cairo Salon

Alexandria— The weekly Cairo Salon TV show, presented by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, dedicates a special episode to Smithsonian Institution. The episode will be aired on Friday, 18 December 2009, at 20:00 hrs., on Egyptian TV Channel One. Smithsonian ...

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Former UN Under Secretary General at the BA

Alexandria— The Institute of Peace Studies (IPS), hosted at the BA, organizes a Lecture by Professor Sture Linnér, Former UN Under Secretary General, entitled “Personal Memories of Dag Hammarskjold”, on Wednesday 16 December 2009. Sture Linnér (born 1917) worked closely with Dag Hammarskjöd from ...

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