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Launching of the Big Read Essay Contest

Alexandria— The Big Read essay contest about the novel To Kill a Mockingbird was launched at the BA on 26 February 2009. The Big Read is a cultural project with different activities around a selected novel. Interested writers of all ages, starting 17 years, can submit an essay in English or ...

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Closing of the Arab Reform Conference at the BA

Alexandria— The Sixth Arab Reform Conference came to a close at the BA on 3 March 2009. The Conference entitled “The Arab World: Present and Future” was attended by more than 600 thinkers, intellectuals and public figures from Egypt and the Arab World. In the morning, four parallel sessions were ...

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ISIS Participates in “For the Love of Egypt” Cultural Program

Alexandria— The BA International School of Information Science (ISIS) is participating in “For the Love of Egypt” cultural program, organized by the Central Library of Cairo University from 1 to12 March 2009. The program sheds some light on the documentation and digitization projects that aim at ...

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Several Cultural Activities at the Alexandria International Book Fair

Alexandria— The seventh edition of the Alexandria International Book Fair, held from 21 February to 4 March 2009, included several cultural activities attended by eminent writers and intellectuals in open discussions with the audience. On 25 February 2009, a seminar was held to discuss the book ...

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The BA Launches an Initiative to Culturally Empower the Blind

Alexandria— In cooperation with Egypt Future Association (EFA), the BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired, is organizing an initiative to empower the blind. The initiative calls upon writers and publishing houses to waive copyrights from books published in Braille form, or ...

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