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Globalization for the Common Good Initiative Conference at the BA

The BA Dialogue Forum hosts the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Globalization for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI) entitled “Building Peace, Justice, and Prosperity Together” from 12 to 16 June 2011. The Alexandria Conference will focus primarily on a balanced assessment of the relationship ...

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Akher Ayam Socrat in a Play Reading at the BA

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in Arabic on Wednesday, 28 July 2010. Participants will read Akher Ayam Socrat (Socrates’ Last Days) by Mansour Rahbani. The play revolves around the last days of Socrates, the great Greek Philosopher, when he was sent to court, ...

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Serageldin Signs Collaboration Agreement with the Cyprus Institute

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, attended the Board of Trustees meeting of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation (CREF) of which he is a board member, in Paphos, Cyprus, on 24 July 2010. During the meeting, a ceremony was held for the signing of a collaboration ...

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The BA Participates in the IFLA 2010 Conference

The BA International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Center for Arabic Speaking Libraries (IFLA-CASL) will participate in the 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly entitled “Open Access to Knowledge - Promoting Sustainable Progress", held in Gothenburg, Sweden, from ...

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Europe and the Muslim World in the Dialogue Forum Seminar

The BA Dialogue Forum organizes a seminar on Saturday, 24 July 2010, entitled “Europe and the Muslim World- A Reading in the Dilemma of Neighborhood”. The Seminar hosts Ambassador Khaled Zeyada, Ambassador of Lebanon to Egypt, and moderated by Mr. Sameh Fawzy, Deputy Director of the BA Dialogue ...

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