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The White Cane Safety Day 2011

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired, in cooperation with UNESCO, holds the International White Cane Safety Day on Thursday, 13 October 2011. The celebration presents the training course “Mobility Using the White Cane” which highlights the cane’s importance in the daily ...

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The World Braille Day at the BA

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired organizes a celebration on the occasion of the “World Braille Day” on 4 January 2011. This international celebration is held annually as a tribute to the birthday of Louis Braille, born in 1809, the genius whose invention changed the ...

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The White Cane Safety Day at the BA

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired holds the International White Cane Safety Day on Monday, 1 November 2010. The event starts with a stand up at the BA Plaza -in front of the Planetarium- followed by a ceremony in the BACC Great Hall to highlight the significant role ...

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The BA Celebrates the International White Cane Day

Alexandria— The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired is organizing a celebration entitled “The International White Cane Day” on Monday, 13 October 2008 at the BA Plaza. This event intends to grant the blind individuals in Egypt the right to celebrate this day by raising ...

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The White Cane Day

Alexandria— The Taha Hussein Library for the Visually Impaired is organizing a symposia entitled the “The White Cane as a Tool for the Blind” On Thursday 14 December 2006. Dr. Magdy Hussein, professor of Arabic language at the University of Alexandria, Dr. Aly Ahmed El Sayed, professor of history ...

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