Heritage Days

On 26th September, 2010, Alex Med along with CEAlex organized together a Seminar “ Heritage in Danger” as part of Heritage Days at the Conference Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina at 6.30 pm. The “Heritage Days” event took place from 24th September to 28th September, 2010. During these 5 days, different and various moments, ...

Cultural Routes: Sacred Places and Popular Practices in the Mediterranean

On 7 November 2009, Alex Med organized a conference on “ Sacred Places and Popular Practices in the Mediterranean” at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s Auditorium. The conference was held by three speakers. The first ...

نتيجة جائزة حسن فتحي للعمارة 2009

نتيجة جائزة حسن فتحي للعمارة 2009 الهوية في العمارة المصرية المعاصرة اجتمعت لجنة التحكيم لجائزة حسن فتحي للعمارة بمكتبة الإسكندرية يوم السبت 24 أكتوبر 2009 برئاسة أ.د. إسماعيل سراج الدين وعضوية كل من: سها أوزكان، راسم بدران، صلاح حجاب، صلاح زكي، ...

From Vision to Reality

Following the customary setup of the Thinking the Mediterranean series of conferences sponsored by the Ramses2 network, the 12th lecture entitled “From Vision to Realization” was held on Wednesday 15 April 2009, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center by two speakers: Dr. Hisham El Sherif and Mr. Henry Roux-Alezais. The first speaker, ...

Memory and the City

On 16 December 2008, Alex Med organized a conference on “Memory and the City” highlighting some of the memories of the different communities of Alexandria. The one day conference ended with a roundtable discussion with the participation of the Director of Alex Med, Dr Mohamed Awad, Dr Moufid Assabgui, the Alexandrian ...

Mohamed Ali and the Rebirth of Alexandria

On 7 December 2008, the historian Philip Mansel gave a lecture at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on Mohamed Ali and the Rebirth of Alexandria. Dr Mansel has published numerous articles and reviews over the past 30 years, he is a specialist on the later French monarchy, and his other main area of ...

The Route of Alexander the Great by Nicolas Sofianos

On 16 October 2008, a lecture entitled “The Route of Alexander the Great” was given by Nicolas Sofianos, who is a lecturer at the Technical University of Athens, an architectural designer of various projects, and a theater producer, director and art director. One of Nicolas Sofianos’s projects was a seven-year ...

Alexandria: City of Nostalgia

As part of the Thinking the Mediterranean series of conferences sponsored by the Ramses2 network, a conference with two speakers on Alexandria: City of Nostalgia was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 9 July 2008. The first speaker was Egyptian screenwriter and journalist Osama Anwar Okasha. The second was Alexandrian-born Harry ...

Secularism in the Mediterranean

Following the customary setup of the Thinking the Mediterranean series of conferences sponsored by the Ramses2 network, a conference with two speakers on Secularism in the Mediterranean was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s conference center on 20 April 2008. The speakers were Egyptian Magdy Abdulhafez Abdallah Saleh, currently visiting professor at ...

Seminar and Exhibition of The Future of Alexandria

As part of its mission to promote the urban development of Alexandria, Alex Med organized a seminar and exhibition at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s conference center entitled The Future of Alexandria on the 25 March 2008. This event was attended by the governor of Alexandria, General Adel Labib, Dr Ismail Serageldin, officials ...