<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- saved from url=(0062)http://172.16.0.6/csspnewsletter/Temp/2_26_2006_4_25_32_PM.htm --> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml/strict" xmlns:fo = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"><HEAD><TITLE>CSSP Newsletter</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-16"><LINK href="../images/css.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY background="../images/cssplogo.jpg"><A name=up></A> <TABLE id=Table1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=621 align=left border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=left><IMG src="../images/csspbanner.jpg" border=0> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=495> <TABLE id=Table2 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 valign="top"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top background="http://www.bibalex.org/CSSPNewsletter/images/spacer.gif"> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#ffffff colSpan=3 height=6><IMG height=6 src="../images/spacer.gif" width=615> </TD></TR> <TR background="http://www.bibalex.org/CSSPNewsletter/images/spacer.gif"> <TD vAlign=top align=left width=487 background="../images/spacer.gif" height=300> <TABLE align=right> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=left><SPAN class=title1>Volume :</SPAN> </TD> <TD align=left><B>16</B> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=left><SPAN class=title1>Issued :</SPAN> </TD> <TD align=left><B>December 2005</B> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE id=Table3 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" background="../images/spacer.gif" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=left><SPAN class=title1> <P align=justify><FONT color=#163e72 size=1>Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), a research center established in July 2003 in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, aims to play a significant role in the progress of science and technology in Egypt. The CSSP will help researchers and scientists to get the best support needed to advance their work through international collaborations.</FONT> </P></SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=left height=5><SPAN class=title1><IMG src="../images/spacer.gif"> </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><SPAN class=title1>Dear //Name//,</SPAN> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD><SPAN class=txt></SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=25><BR><BR> <TABLE border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><SPAN class=title1>In our newsletter this volume:</SPAN> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><A href="vol16.htm#p1">Distinguished Guest Lecture</A> <BR><A href="vol16.htm#p2">The BA Visitors Information</A> <BR></TD></TR> <TR> <TD background="../images/spacer.gif" height=24><IMG height=24 src="../images/spacer.gif" width=36> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 width="100%" cellpading="0"> <TBODY> <TR class=title2 bgColor=#4274a9> <TD width=5></TD> <TD height=20><IMG height=20 src="../images/spacer.gif" width=1 align=absMiddle> <FONT color=white>&gt;&gt;</FONT> <A name="p1" id="p1"></A><FONT color=white>Distinguished Guest Lecture</FONT> </TD> <TD align=middle><A href="vol16.htm#up"><FONT color=white><IMG alt=Up src="../images/icon_up.gif" border=0> </FONT></A></TD> <TD width=5></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=5 bgColor=buttonface></TD> <TD class=txt bgColor=buttonface colSpan=2 height=20> <P><BR> <DIV align=center><FONT size=4>Dr. Ismail Serageldin<BR>Director<BR>Bibliotheca Alexandrina<BR></FONT> <P><FONT size=2>cordially invites you<BR>to share the knowledge of a senior scholar in<BR>Africana Studies, Ibn Khaldun, Islamic and Social<BR>Sciences as well as Political Science </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3><B>Prof. Ali Mazrui</B><BR>will give a presentation on </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=5><B>"AFRABIA:<BR>IS AFRICA MERGING WITH THE ARAB WORLD?"</B> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=3><B>Tuesday, 3 January 2006,<BR>at 4:00 pm<BR><BR>Bibliotheca Alexandrina<BR>Conference Center - Middle Hall </FONT></P></DIV> <HR> <P><B>ALI A. MAZRUI</B>, born in Mombassa, Kenya, 1933, is now An Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. </P> <P>Ali Mazrui is a graduate of the school of Islamic and Social Sciences, Leesburg, Virginia, also a Walter Rodney Professor at the University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana. </P> <P>Mazrui obtained his B.A. with Distinction from Manchester University in England, his M.A. from Columbia University in New York, and his doctorate from Oxford University in England. </P> <P>He wrote more than twenty books, which include <I>Towards a Pax Africana </I>(1967), and <I>The Political Sociology of the English Language </I>(1975). </P> <P>His research interests include African politics, international political culture, political Islam, and North-South relations.</P> <P>Dr. Mazrui has also written for magazines and newspapers. </P> <P></P></TD> <TD width=5 bgColor=buttonface></TD></TR> <TR class=title2 bgColor=#4274a9> <TD width=5></TD> <TD height=20><IMG height=20 src="../images/spacer.gif" width=1 align=absMiddle> <FONT color=white>&gt;&gt;</FONT> <A name="p2" id="p2"></A><FONT color=white>The BA Visitors Information</FONT> </TD> <TD align=middle><A href="vol16.htm#up"><FONT color=white><IMG alt=Up src="../images\icon_up(1).gif" border=0> </FONT></A></TD> <TD width=5></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=5 bgColor=buttonface></TD> <TD class=txt bgColor=buttonface colSpan=2 height=20> <P><A href="http://www.bibalex.org/English/visitors/visitorinfo/info.htm" target=_blank><IMG alt="visitors info" hspace=3 src="../images/BA.jpg" align=left border=0> </A>Information about the BA location, admissions, opening hours, guided tours and more is available on the BA website. </P> <P align=right><A href="http://www.bibalex.org/English/visitors/visitorinfo/info.htm" target=_blank>more...</A> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P></P></TD> <TD width=5 bgColor=buttonface></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=left background="../images/spacer.gif"><BR><SPAN class=title1>Important Links:</SPAN> <UL> <LI><A class=Important href="http://www.bibalex.org/biovisionalexandria/" target=_blank>BioVisionAlexandria</A> <LI><A href="http://www.bibalex.org/English/researchers/CSSP/cssp.htm" target=_blank>CSSP Home Page</A> <LI><A href="http://www.bibalex.org/SuperCourse/Index.htm" target=_blank>Supercourse</A> </LI></UL><BR>To view all CSSP newsletters : <A href="http://www.bibalex.org/English/researchers/CSSP/archive.htm" target=_blank>CSSP Newsletter Archive</A></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top align=left background="../images/spacer.gif"><BR><BR><A href="http://www.bibalex.org/CSSPNewsletter/comments.aspx?Mail=//EMail//">Click here to provide your feedback or comments</A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD height=10><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE id=Table4 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=footer vAlign=top>Bibliotheca Alexandrina - P.O. 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