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Serageldin Signs Two Agreements with the World Bank

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, signed two agreements with the World Bank to be implemented during the period from December 2015 to December 2016. The first agreement on “Collaboration in Distance Learning and edX Platform Implementation” aims to build networks and develop content for ...

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Culture to Combat Extremism: An Arab Conference in Bahrain

During the BA delegation’s visit to Isa Cultural Center to strengthen the collaboration efforts between both parties in the fields of culture and information science, Dr. Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Executive Director of Isa Cultural Center in ...

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French Television Station Visits the BA

A delegation sent by the French TV station, France 2, visited to the BA on Monday, 7 December 2015 to film two episodes for the French TV program, Secrets d’Histoire (Secrets from History), about Queen Cleopatra and Alexander the Great. The delegation interviewed Dr. Ismail Serageldin, ...

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Serageldin Joins International Summit on Human Gene Editing

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, took part in an international summit on human gene editing, co-hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the UK Royal Society. Held from 1 to 3 December 2015 in Washington, USA, the summit discussed the ...

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Arts Center Event Booking

The BA Arts Center, which organizes up to 10 concerts every month, supports young, independent bands; it provides them with spaces for their performances and offers them all necessary facilities. These independent bands present different music genres, such as oriental rock, contemporary Arabic ...

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