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Launching L'Art Arabe Website


During the 34th session of the General Conference of Unesco in October 2007, director of the BA, Ismail Serageldin, launched the website of L’Art Arabe, a collection that was digitized by ISIS. Click ‘more’ to read about the project.

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The BA Hosts Wikimania 2008


The BA won the bid to host the 4th annual Wikimedia Conference, following a tough competition with Atlanta and Cape Town. Alexandria is the first Arab and African city hosting this annual conference.

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International Project Makes Complete Texts Available Through Single Web Portal


The Million Book Project has surpassed its 1 million book goal. 1.5 million books, representing more than 20 languages, have been digitized and are now available to anyone with internet access.

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