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Serageldin Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to World Social Science Report 2013

The International Social Science Council (ISSC) invited Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, to become a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the World Social Science Report 2013. The Report will focus on global environmental change and is scheduled for launch at ...

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The BA Opening Hours During the Feast

On the occasion of the Feast (Eid al-Fitr), the BA will be closed to the public on the first and second days of the Feast. It will open on the third day of the Feast from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, and on Saturday, 18 August 2012, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in case it is the last day of Ramadan. Regular ...

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International Youth Day

On Wednesday, 15 August 2012, the BA Depository Library, in cooperation with the United Nations Coordination Office in Cairo, celebrates the International Youth - an awareness day observed by the United Nations since 2000. The celebration gathers youth initiatives and civil society organizations ...

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Puducherry Blue: An Exhibition of Paintings from South Asia

The BA and the Maulana Azad Center for Indian Culture hold an exhibition of paintings from South Asia entitled “Puducherry Blue” from 15 to 24 August 2012. In March 2010, a group of 32 artists from 9 South Asian countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan ...

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First Meeting of the African Union High Level Panel on Science, Technology and Innovation

The BA hosted, on 8 and 9 August 2012, the first meeting of the African Union (AU) High Level Panel on Science, Technology and Innovation which guided the AU on the review process of Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA). CPA was drafted by African ministers of Science ...

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