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The BA Organizes “Selections from Caricature Art” Exhibition

The BA Exhibitions and Collections Department organizes an exhibition titled “Selections from Caricature Art” on Wednesday, 16 December 2020, at 1:00 pm, in the BA main building, level B1. The idea behind the exhibition came as a result of the initiative taken by Al-Akhbar Caricaturist Amr Fahmy, ...

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The BA Announces the Winners of the 12^th Arabic Calligraphy Students Competition

The BA Writing and Scripts Center organized the 12 th Arabic Calligraphy Competition for school students, in collaboration with the Directorate of Education in Alexandria. The competition, held from 16 to 18 November 2020, included primary, preparatory, and secondary school students, and aimed to ...

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Moustafa Elfeki Visits Khadija Palace in Helwan

Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the Library of Alexandria, visited Khadija Palace in Helwan (an offsite affiliated to the Library), and checked its communal and cultural activities, as well as its computer labs. He said that Khadija Palace had become a microcosm of the Library of Alexandria, and a ...

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The BA Organizes “Easy Reading” Session for Neo-Literate Adults

The BA Library Sector organizes an “Easy Reading” session for neo-literate adults on Monday, 7 December 2020, at 11:00 am. The session will tackle the famous story Romeo and Juliet, in a simplified way. “Easy Reading” sessions are dedicated to graduates of literacy and adult education classes, to ...

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The BA Receives GitHub Digital Archive

Believing in the importance of the digital preservation of heritage for future generations and in the necessity of giving access to knowledge for all humanity, the Bibliotheca Alexandria received a copy of the GitHub digital archive, becoming the third library around the world, after the Bodleian ...

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