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The Fifth Edition of Plaza Project at the BA

The BA Arts Center announces the fifth edition of Plaza Project, an annual fund to produce short feature films by young Egyptian filmmakers.  The first two editions were limited to the BA plaza as a location, whereas the third edition commemorated Egypt’s Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz through films ...

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“Securing Social Peace in Egypt” Lecture

Within its Distinguished Lecture Series, the BA Center for Democracy and Social Peace Studies (CDSPS) holds a lecture on Sunday, 2 September 2012, entitled “Securing Social Peace in Egypt: Innovative Approaches to Violence Prevention through the Assessment and Management of Threats”. The lecture ...

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First Distiller in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in Arabic on Wednesday, 29 August 2012. Participants will read First Distiller by Tolstoy. The session starts at 16:00 pm in the Reading Area (B1 level). Participants should register their names at the General Information Desk at ...

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Literary Atlas Workshop within the Big Read Program

The BA holds a workshop entitled “The Literary Atlas of Alexandria based on Naguib Mahfouz’s Miramar” from 28 to 30 August 2012, within the Big Read 2012 Program. The workshop encompasses 3 sessions: the place in the novel (the works of Naguib Mahfouz as a case study), Alexandria in Miramar, and ...

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“The Arab Spring: A Western Religious Perspective” Lecture

Within its series of events that attempt to examine the consequences of the current events on the region as a whole, the BA Futuristic Studies Unit holds a seminar on Thursday, 23 August 2012, entitled “The Arab Spring: A Western Religious Perspective” . The seminar hosts Dr. Mohamed Soffar, ...

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