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The BA Hosts NAMES 1st General Assembly Meeting

Alexandria— The BA is organizing the North Africa and Middle East Science Centers Network (NAMES) First General Assembly Meeting, 2-3 November 2008. NAMES aims to promote best practices to support effective communication and to strengthen the position of science centers within the community. ...

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The Sudanese Vice President Visits the BA

Alexandria— The BA receives Ali Osman Taha, the Sudanese Vice President, on Thursday 31 July 2008 accompanied by a high level delegation. The President and his companions will visit the Library in appreciation of its value as a place of enlightenment and culture, not only in Egypt and the region ...

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The House of Bernarda Alba in a Play Reading at the BA

Alexandria— The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading session in Arabic on Wednesday, 30 July 2008. Participants will read the Arabic translation of The House of Bernarda Alba by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. After the death of her second husband, ...

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The Ancient Egyptian Peasant in a Lecture at the BA

Alexandria— Dr. Abdel Halim Nour El Din, Professor of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics at the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, and BA Special Advisor, is delivering a lecture on Wednesday, 30 July 2008, entitled “The Ancient Egyptian Peasant”. The lecture refers to the idiosyncratic ...

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The Cairo Salon Discusses Food Security

Alexandria— In the coming episode of the “Cairo Salon” TV Show, aired on Channel One every Saturday following the 9 o’clock news bulletin, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, will discuss food security being a major global concern. Serageldin will host a group of ...

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