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Director of BA, Heads International Conference Titled “Rebuilding Trust in Europe”

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, chaired the international conference that was held in Andorra titled “ Rebuilding Trust in Europe ” in the presence of a large number of presidents and prime ministers. In his opening speech, titled “Facing Facts: What’s Wrong with the Current World ...

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Ismail Serageldin Appointed President of the Digital Libraries Federation

The International Digital Libraries Federation, which includes the Library of Congress, the Oxford and Cambridge University Libraries, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), has appointed Ismail Serageldin as president.   Dr. Serageldin was chosen due to the efforts  he made in ...

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Serageldin Receives Flame of Peace

Her excellency Herta Margaret Habsburg – Lothringen, representative of the Austrian International Organization Flame of Peace, will give the Flame of Peace 2013 Award to Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, in a ceremony held at the BA on Tuesday, 14 May 2013. The ceremony ...

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Sofia University in Bulgaria Awards Honorary Doctorate to BA Director

Sofia University in Bulgaria held an award ceremony to celebrate awarding  Dr. Ismail Serageldin, the Director of the BA, its honorary doctorate, as well as the Saint Kliment Ohridski Medal of Honor. Dr. Serageldin was invited by the university rector to give a lecture titled “The Use and ...

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Serageldin Participates in Series of Debates on Democratic Security at the Council of Europe

Invited by the Council of Europe, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, inaugurated a new series of debates on democratic security at the Council’s headquarters in Strasbourg, France. Dr. Serageldin gave a speech titled “'Countering Radicalization and Extremism: promoting mutual knowledge, ...

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