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Screening Documentary Film “Tutankhamun's Chair”

The BA, in cooperation with Friends of the World of Shadi Abdel Salam Museum, screens the documentary Tutankhamun's Chair directed by Shadi Abdel Salam (1982), on Sunday 19 May 2013. The screening will be followed by a lecture about Tutankhamun delivered by the eminent Egyptologist Dr. Wassim ...

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The Cross Image on Roman Coins

Within the framework of the BA Coptic Studies Program, the BA holds a public lecture entitled by “The Cross Image on Roman Coins” by Dr. Mahmoud El-Fattattry, Head of Archeology Department, Kafr El-Sheikh University. The event will be at 12.00 pm in the BA Main Library Auditorium, and is open For ...

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“Arab Youth Culture in Flux: The Transformational Power of Social Media” Workshop

The BA Unit of Futuristic Studies hosts two workshops entitled Arab Youth Culture in Flux: The Transformational Power of Social Media”, moderated by Senni Jyrkiäinen, PhD Researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland. The first workshop will be held in English on Monday, 3 June 2013; and the second ...

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“Redefining Alexandria in the Twenty-First Century” Lecture

The BA Futuristic Studies Unit holds on Wednesday, 15 May 2013, a lecture entitled “Redefining Alexandria in the Twenty-First Century” by Amro Ali, PhD Researcher, University of Sydney, Australia. The lecture seeks to examine the changing political narratives and centralization policies that have ...

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Serageldin Receives Flame of Peace

Her excellency Herta Margaret Habsburg – Lothringen, representative of the Austrian International Organization Flame of Peace, will give the Flame of Peace 2013 Award to Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, in a ceremony held at the BA on Tuesday, 14 May 2013. The ceremony ...

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