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The Finnish Government Donation to the BA

H.E. Mr. Hanomati Fara, the Finnish Ambassador to Egypt and H.E. Mr. Omar El-Hariry, Consul-General of Finland in Egypt visited the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 24 February 2003 to donate the second collection of books to the Library. The donation includes various books on different topics of the ...

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H. H. Pope Shenouda III Delivers a Lecture at the BA

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria paid his first visit to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 23 February 2003. After his tour, H.H. delivered a lecture on Coptic History. In his speech, at the beginning of the seminar, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director ...

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New BA Friends Association in Morocco

A new Friends Association of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina was recently established in Morocco. The general meeting for announcing the new Association, which was held at the Faculty of Arts, Rabat, Morocco, was attended by 35 founder members and an executive board was elected. Dr. Abbas Al-Girary, ...

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Donations by the World Macedonian Congress

In an official visit to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Mr. Todor Petrov, Representative of the World Macedonian Congress, donated 190 books to the Library, of which the majority are written in the Macedonian language. Mr. Petrov said that the collection is contributed by several ministries and they ...

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The Republic of Yemen donations to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

A prestigious high-ranking Yemeni delegation visited the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 28 January 2003. The Yemeni Ambassador Mr. Abdel Aziz Nasser Al-Kamim and the Scientific Advisor Mrs. Gamila Ali Ragaa headed the delegation, accompanied by Mr. Nasr Taha, Director of the Sheba Yemeni News Agency. ...

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