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Several Cultural Activities in the Alexandria International Book Fair

Alexandria— The BA is organizing the Seventh Alexandria International Book Fair 2009, held from 19 February to 4 March 2009. As a guest of honor together with the “Memory of Modern Egypt” Project, the National Translation Center will organize a number of cultural activities in this edition of the ...

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Maarten Boasson at the BA

Alexandria— Professor Maarten Boasson will be giving a lecture entitled “Addressing the Software Crisis After 40 Years of Software Engineering” at the BA on Thursday, 12 February 2009. Professor Maarten Boasson is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam, and owner of ...

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“For the New Century: New Instruments and New Music” Conference at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Arts Center is organizing a one-day Conference entitled “For the New Century: New Instruments and New Music” on Friday, 13 February 2009. The Conference will start by a talk by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria. Martin Schleske will give a lecture ...

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Serageldin Appointed Member of the Advisory Board of Coalition of Dialogue on Africa (CoDA)

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, has been appointed a member of the Advisory Board of Coalition of Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) as of 14 January 2009. The CoDA is an initiative jointly sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the ...

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Cairo Salon Discusses the Arabic Novel

Alexandria— In this week’s episode of the “Cairo Salon” TV Show, aired on Channel One every Saturday at 11:30 pm, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, will discuss contemporary Arabic literature, specially the evolution and development of the Arabic novel. Dr. Serageldin ...

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