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The BA Launches the Big Read 2019

The BA General Collections and Services Department launches the events of the Big Read 2019. This year's program is about the play No Exit , written by the French philosopher, playwright, and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre. The events run from June to September 2019. The program includes several ...

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2017 Big Read Closing Ceremony

The BA is organizing the 2017 Big Read closing ceremony to be held on Wednesday, 27 September 2017 at 3:00 pm, the BACC Small Theater. The BA held the Big Year, for the ninth consecutive year, from June to September in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and ...

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2017 Big Read Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 2017 Big Read program is going to be held on Sunday, 18 June 2017, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Center (BACC) Small Theater, at  1:00 pm. This year’s program is going to focus on the short story collection Sareq al-Kohl (The Kohl Thief), which includes ...

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BA Big Read: Competitions about Michael Ende’s novel Momo

As part of its Big Read program, which is for those who are above 16 years old, the BA is organizing several competitions revolving around German writer Michael Ende’s novel Momo . There is an essay writing competition in Arabic, English, and German; a painting competition; and a photography ...

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