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Releasing the Second Batch of “Re-issuing the Classics” Project Book Collection

The BA is about to release 11 titles of the “Islamic Reform Thought” series as the second collection of “Re-issuing the Classics of the Islamic Heritage in the 19th and 20th centuries (13th and 14th Hijri centuries) Project”. Eleven titles have also been published lately within the first batch of ...

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Magnoun Layla in a Play Reading

The BA Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in Arabic on Wednesday, 30 November 2011. Participants will read Magnoun Layla (The Madman of Layla) by Ahmed Shawqi. Based on Arabic heritage, the play is about the love story of Qais and Layla. The session starts at 13:00 hrs. ...

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More than 330 New Documents on “Memory of Modern Egypt”

The “ Memory of Modern Egypt ” (MOME) project now includes the first licenses issued to theatrical and cinema troupes in Egypt. The new collection consists of several historical documents and rare licenses of these troupes from different governorates, especially Alexandria, as part of the ...

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The BA Closed on the Hijri New Year

The BA is closed to public on Saturday, 26 November 2011 on the occasion of the Hijri new year. ...

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Serageldin Gives Nexus Lecture 2011

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, addressed a large audience of intellectuals, artists, diplomats, politicians, and other decision-makers at the Nexus Institute in Tilburg, Amsterdam, on 30 October 2011, with a lecture entitled “Knowledge and Memory in Alexandria: A ...

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