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Gamal El-Banna Discusses Freedom of Thought and Expression in Islam at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Dialogue Forum hosted Gamal El-Banna, the Islamic Thinker, on Saturday, 26 May 2007, in a seminar entitled "Freedom and Islam", chaired by Gaber Asfour, Secretary General, Supreme Council for Culture and Dr. Kadry Hefny. Gamal El-Banna started his speech by explaining the ...

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Intellectual Property and Access to Knowledge in a Workshop at the BA

Alexandria— The BA, in collaboration with the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), will organize on Tuesday, 29 May 2007, a workshop entitled "Intellectual Property and Access to Knowledge". International experts will participate in the workshop to train young lawyers, academia, ...

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Reading al-Ostaz (the Professor) Play at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Multimedia Library will hold its monthly session for play reading on Wednesday, 30 May, at 15:00 hrs. Participants will read al-Ostaz (the Professor) Play by Saad El-Din Wahba. The reading will be recorded at the BA Reception desk. The play tackles the idea of ...

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“Hurūfiyāt—Creativity in Arabic” Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Calligraphy Center will organize on Thursday, 31 May 2007, a lecture entitled "Creativity in Arabic Hurūfiyāt". Dr. Ezzat Gamal El-Din, Professor, Faculty of Applied Arts, Cairo University, will speak on his works using Hurūfiyāt, derived from Arabic calligraphy alphabets. He ...

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A Libyan Scholar Proves the Arabic Origins of the Ancient Egyptian Language

Alexandria— The BA Calligraphy Center organized on Sunday, 20 May 2007, a seminar entitled "A Proof on the Arabic Origins of the Ancient Egyptian Language". Dr. Ali Fahmi Khushaim, Head of the Academy of Arabic Language, in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, spoke in the seminar, chaired by Dr. Ahmed ...

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