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“Alpharabius: The Second Teacher” Lecture

The BA holds on Monday, 18 March 2013, a public lecture entitled “Alpharabius: The Second Teacher” to introduce Alpharabius’ (Al-Farabi) life and works. It is given by Dr. Maher Abd El-Kader, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Previous Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, and ...

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Lecture on The Reception of Hellenistic Knowledge in Classical Islam

Within the Alexandria Project, the BA holds a lecture on Wednesday, 20 March 2013, entitled “From Alexandria to Baghdad: The Reception of Hellenistic Knowledge in Classical Islam” by Professor Emeritus Hinrich Biesterfeldt. With the beginning of the Arab Dynasty of the Abbasids and the foundation ...

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Lecture on the Rise and Fall of Royal Alexandria

The BA Special Projects Department, in cooperation with the Department of History and the Center for Middle East Studies at the American University in Cairo (AUC), organizes a lecture by Dr. Philip Mansel entitled “The Rise and Fall of Royal Alexandria: From Mohammed Ali to Farouk” on Thursday 21 ...

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Honoring the Late Semiologist Algirdas J. Greimas

On the occasion of the Month of the Francophone, the Lithuanian Embassy in Cairo, in cooperation with the BA Francophone Library, holds on Wednesday, 20 March 2013, an event in commemoration of the late Lithuanian Semiologists Algirdas J. Greimas entitled “Algirdas J. Greimas in Alexandria (1949- ...

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Doctor Faustus in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Section is holding its monthly play reading in English on Wednesday, 13 13 March 2013. Participants will read Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. The session starts at 16:00 hrs. pm at the BA Arts and Multimedia Library, B3 Level. Participants should register their ...

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