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The BA will be Closed from 18 to 21 December 2007

Alexandria— On the occasion of the Feast (Eid al-Adha); the BA will be closed to the public from Tuesday, 18 December 2007 to Thursday, 20 December 2007. The Library will be closed as well on Friday, 21 December 2007, due to maintenance of the air conditioning system. Regular opening hours ...

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The BA Hosts Dialogue among People and Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf Areas Conference, 19-21 January 2008

Alexandria— The Institute for Peace Studies (IPS) of the Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement (SMWIPM), hosted at the BA will organize the third Conference on the Dialogue among People and Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf Areas at the BA from 19 to 21 January 2008. ...

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Asian Ambassadors Visit the BA

Alexandria— A senior delegation of Ambassadors of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries in Egypt visited on Monday, 17 December 2007 the BA which is a scientific and cultural landmark not only in Egypt and the Middle East, but the entire world. Ambassador Hagar Islambouly, ...

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The BA Hosts Wikipedia's Annual Conference in July 2008

Alexandria— The BA will host Wikimania 2008 Conference, the annual conference of Wikimedia Foundation; an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, from 17 to 19 July 2008. Florence Devouard, Wikimedia Foundation ...

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The BA Launches Sky of Alexandria show in Cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science and Technology at the PSC

Alexandria— The BA Planetarium Science Center (PSC) will present on Saturday, 29 December 2007 the premiere of Sky of Alexandria ; a planetarium video-panorama show (30 min). Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria and Dr. Gamal El-Din Mokhtar, President of the Arab ...

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