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Waiting for Godot in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in Arabic on Wednesday, 29 December 2010. Participants will read Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett . The best example of the Theater of the Absurd, the play is about two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, who are waiting for a ...

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Dr. Adel Abu Zahra’s Prize- Call for Application

The BA announces the call for application for the annual prize of the late Dr. Adel Abu Zahra. Amounting for 50,000 L.E., this year's prize is awarded to Egyptian civil society associations working in the field of artistic creativity and succeeding in overcoming obstacles or executing projects in ...

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TWAS-ARO Sixth Annual Meeting

The BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) hosts the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World-Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) on 22 December 2010. The theme of this year's meeting is "Linking Research Institutions, Universities, and Industry in the Arab ...

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Announcing Winners of the Hassan Fathi Award for Architecture 2010

The BA organized a ceremony on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 to announce winners of the Hassan Fathi Award 2010. Held for the second successive year, the award is co-organized with the Architecture Committee of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Culture in an aim to promote contemporary Egyptian ...

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Launching “Global Innovation through Science and Technology” (GIST) Initiative

The BA hosts the launch of the “Global Innovation through Science and Technology” (GIST) Initiative on 14 and 15 December 2010, attended by a number of eminent personalities, and representatives from government, non-profit organizations, academia, and industry. GIST was launched by the US Civilian ...

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