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Conference on Youths and Culture Against Extremism

The Bahraini capital of Manama will host the international conference Youths and Culture Against Extremism next May. The conference is organized by Isa Cultural Center, in collaboration with the BA and the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. The conference will discuss how Arab ...

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Ismail Serageldin Offers a Cultural Vision to Fight Extremism in The Challenge

The General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) has published the latest book authored by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, in which he presents a cultural vision on how to fight extremism and violence. The 314-page book comprises six sections explaining how extremist movements can be ...

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Nurturing Extremism Conference Focuses on Sociology, National Security, Media, and Religious Discourse

The BA hosted the second day of the Nurturing Extremism: A Reading of the Measures of Intellectual Confrontation Conference on Monday, 4 January 2016. The three day conference was held from 3 to 5 January 2016 at the BA premises. The first session of the second day was titled “Sociological ...

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2018 Edition of "La Nuit des Idées" at the BA

Within the framework of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s conscious effort in intellectually countering extremism and terrorism, Dr. Mostafa el Feki, Director of the BA, is going to inaugurate an international and intellectual evening of debate that revolves around the theme of “Imagination and ...

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BA Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with AfLIA

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, has signed a memorandum of cooperation between the BA and the African Library and Information Association and Institution (AfLIA) in the context of strengthening professional relations between libraries in Africa and the BA and to facilitate their work in ...

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