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BA Opening Hours During Labor Day and Easter

The BA will be open to the public on Sunday, 1 st May 2016 (Labor Day), and it will be closed on Monday, 2 May 2016 on the occasion of Easter. Regular opening hours will resume on Tuesday, 3 May 2016.  ...

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Window of Shanghai E-Books Donated to the BA

The BA celebrated on Wednesday, 27 April 2016 at 3:00 pm at the main entrance, the arrival of a donation from the Shanghai Library comprising the Window of Shanghai project e-books. This donation is part of the second stage of the Window of Shanghai project. The first stage included a donation of ...

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“The Future of Arab Societies: Changes and Challenges” Conference

The BA Unit of Futuristic Studies invites researches, scholars and experts to participate in “The Future of Arab Societies: Changes and Challenges” Conference from 5 to 7 September 2016. The conference aims to enrich discussions on the Arab societies’ crisis, and draw scenarios for development and ...

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BA and CEDEJ Celebrate the Publishing of 500,000 Press Articles Online

In collaboration with the Centre for Economic, Judicial, and Social Study and Documentation (CEDEJ), the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is honored to announce reaching the milestone of providing 500,000 digitized press clips online. This groundbreaking increase represents more than half of ...

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Seventeenth Annual BA Board of Trustees Meeting

President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi presided at the opening session of the seventeenth annual BA Board of Trustees meeting, which was held on Saturday, 9 April 2016.  The Board consists of several international figures, including the former Presidents of Finland, Romania, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Albania, ...

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