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The BA Launches its Webcast Service

Alexandria— The Library of Alexandria hosts hundreds of lectures and conferences, exposing the local community to current perspectives, ideas, methodologies and initiatives taking place worldwide. In order to achieve its objectives of becoming Egypt’s window on the world and the world’s window on ...

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US Senator of Texas Visits the BA

Alexandria— Mr. Rodney Ellis, US Senator of Texas accompanied by Mr. Tamer Nassar, Regional Vice President, Energy Allied International visited the BA on Sunday, 6 April 2008, as a scientific and cultural landmark not only in Egypt and the Middle East, but in the entire world. Ambassador Hagar ...

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Kuwaiti Minister of Information Participates in a Roundtable on the Future of Al-Arabi Magazine at the BA

Alexandria— HE Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, along with Arab and Egyptian intellectuals inaugurated on Sunday, 6 April 2008, a roundtable discussion on the future of Al-Arabi Magazine on the ...

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The International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and Mr. Rob D. van den Berg, Director of Global Environmental Facilities Evaluation Office (GEF EO), signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim to exchange knowledge and expertise on general environmental issues ...

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As Part of the American Big Read Project
History and Literature of Cosmopolitan Alexandria in Seminars at the BA

Alexandria— The BA is organizing two seminars, 7-8 April 2008, discussing the history and literature of Alexandria by Dr. Sahar Hamouda, Director of Alexandria & Mediterranean Research Center and Novelist Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, as part of the Big Read Project Delegation’s visit to the BA on ...

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