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Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Revival of a Legend

Members of the original team from the Norwegian Architecture firm Snøhetta return to Alexandria to tell the story behind designing and building the new Library of Alexandria through a ceremony organized by the BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med), Academic Research Sector, ...

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The Eleventh Annual Meeting of Francophone and French School Directors

The BA Francophone Activities Center is organizing the eleventh annual meeting of the directors of Francophone and French schools, as well as the heads of Francophone university departments in Alexandria, on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, in the BACC Small Theater. During this meeting, a report will ...

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The BA Publishes Book on the Pioneers of the Study of Arabic and Islamic Inscriptions

The BA Writing and Scripts Center published its latest scholarly publication, "Pioneers of the Study of Arabic and Islamic Inscriptions: Egyptians and Arabs", as the BA had organized the first seminar on Egyptian and Arab pioneers in the study of Arabic and Islamic inscriptions, from 18-19 December ...

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Inauguration of the exhibition entitled "Selim Hassan: Pioneer of Egyptology"

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in cooperation with the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, has inaugurated yesterday on the 18 th of September 2023, an exhibition entitled "Selim Hassan: Pioneer of Egyptology", in the Museum's Lecture Hall. The exhibition runs until 30 September 2023. This ...

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"Libraries in Ancient Egypt" in a Lecture at the BA

The BA Antiquities Museum and the Zahi Hawass Center of Egyptology organize a lecture entitled "Libraries in Ancient Egypt" on Sunday, 17 September 2023, at 1:00 pm, in the "Afterlife" section of the Antiquities Museum. The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Zein Abdel-Hady, Professor of Library ...

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