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Dr. Mohamed al-Baradei awarded the Nile Collar

Alexandria, 7 February 2006 — His Excellency President Hosni Mubarak has issued a decree awarding Dr. Mohamed al-Baradei, Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Nile Collar, the highest ranking of all Egyptian decorations. It is known to be granted exclusively to kings, heads of state ...

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Artistic and Literary Donations from Qatar to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, 6 February 2006— The BA received a valuable donation from Qatar presented by Mr. Abdullah El- Ansary, Director of Qatari General Libraries Administration and Director of the Qatari Book Fair. The donation included a variety of books, some of which are introductory pamphlets, such as ...

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Partnership between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria Governorate, and the World Bank

Alexandria, 6 February 2006— the BA organized the fifth workshop to prepare and execute a comprehensive strategy to develop the city of Alexandria, as part of the agreement between the BA, Governorate of Alexandria, and the World Bank. Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, ...

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Theatrical and Cinematic festivals at the BA in February

Alexandria, 6 February 2006— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Center is organizing a special program during the month of February. To initiate the month, The 3 rd Edition of the Creative Forum for Independent Theatre Groups, which is made up of several Euro-Mediterranean groups, was inaugurated, ...

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Venice Biennale 2006

Alexandria 05 February 2006— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex-Med) are honored to announce that Dr. Mohamed Awad, Director of Alex-Med, has been selected by Mr. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, as a Commissioner for the Egyptian pavilion in ...

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