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Salah Jaheen (Works in his Own Handwriting)

Salah Jaheen is considered one of the most important caricaturists in Egypt in the period between the mid fifties until the seventies. Jaheen has depicted the bright side of the July revolution. His revolutionary ideas expressed his Egyptian and Arab patriotic sentiments in the years following the ...

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The Relation Between the Arabic and French Literature in a Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— the BA Dialogue Forum is organizing on Saturday, 13 January 2006 a lecture entitled "the Impact of French Literature on Arabic Literature" by Dr. Nafissa Shash, Professor of French Literature, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. The lecture explains the relation between Arabic ...

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A Peace Convention

At the invitation of H.E. Dr. Suzanne Mubarak, the President of the Institute for Peace Studies, a brainstorming session on building a protective environment for civilians in armed conflicts will be held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 9 January 2007. Concerned with and disturbed by the ...

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The BA Documents Tombstones from Alexandria

Alexandria— the BA in cooperation with the Supreme Council for Antiquities finished documenting the tombstones of Alexandria. The project is one of the most important fruits of the partnership agreement between Dr. Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities and Dr. Ismail ...

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Prominent Scholar Robert Putnam to Give Lecture at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina will receive on Sunday 14 January 2007 renowned Harvard Professor of Political Sciences, Prof. Robert Putnam. Prof. Putnam is known as an authority on the subjects of civic engagement, civil society, and social capital. His book Bowling Alone: The Collapse ...

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