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Celebrating the Centennial of Naguib Mahfouz

The BA holds different events during the month of December 2011 celebrating the centennial of the birth of Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2011). The Arts Center Cinema Program screens from Sunday 11 to Thursday 15 December 2011 films about Mahfouz and films based on his novels, varying ...

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Selected Poems by Fouad Haddad

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly Poetry Reading in Arabic on Tuesday, 6 December 2011. Participants will read selected poems by Fouad Haddad. The session starts at 1:00 pm. at the BA Arts and Multimedia Library. Participants should register their names at the General Information ...

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The BA to Launch a Database for Islamist Political Movements

As part of the BA endeavor to disseminate knowledge and enrich cultural heritage, the BA Futuristic Studies Unit is to launch a database for Islamist movements and political parties throughout the world. The database will include all Islamist political movements, parties and groups, and will ...

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Premiere of the Third Round of the Plaza Project

The BA Arts Center holds on Monday, 26 December 2011, the third round premiere of the Plaza Project, supporting the production of short films inspired by Ahlam Fatrat El-Naqaha (Dreams of the Rehabilitation Period), the last book by prominent Egyptian Writer Naguib Mahfouz. Film screening is ...

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Releasing the Second Batch of “Re-issuing the Classics” Project Book Collection

The BA is about to release 11 titles of the “Islamic Reform Thought” series as the second collection of “Re-issuing the Classics of the Islamic Heritage in the 19th and 20th centuries (13th and 14th Hijri centuries) Project”. Eleven titles have also been published lately within the first batch of ...

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