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The BA Launches New Activities in El-Sennary House

Under the auspices of Dr. Fathy Sorour, President of the Egyptian People's Assembly, the BA launched preliminary activities in El-Sennary House, Cairo, on Sunday, 2 January 2011. The activities commenced with the Book Launch of Diwan Al-Khat Al-Araby fi Misr (Divan of Arab Calligraphy in Egypt), ...

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Serageldin in the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Sweden

The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden, has elected Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, to be a Foreign Member of the Society. Established in 1778, the Royal Society’s primary mission is to promote scientific research and support higher education. ...

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Serageldin’s Lectures at Collège de France

Elected by the fifty-two professors of Collège de France and officially appointed by President Sarkozy as Professor to the International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté (Knowledge Against Poverty), for the academic year 2010-2011, Serageldin gave his inaugural lecture to a very large audience last ...

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On ne Badine pas avec l’Amour in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in French on Wednesday, 5 January 2011. Participants will read On ne Badine pas avec l’Amour (No Trifling with Love) by Alfred de Musset. The Baron wants his son Perdican to marry his cousin Camille. Because of her lack of trust of ...

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Observation of the Partial Solar Eclipse

The Planetarium Science Center (PSC) organizes a public session to observe the partial solar eclipse from the BA Plaza on Tuesday, 4 January 2011. Participants will have the opportunity to view the phenomenon through special optical instruments with the help of specialized astronomers. Following ...

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