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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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White Cane Safety Day at the BA

Alexandria, 25 October 2005— For the first time in Egypt, the Taha Hussein Library at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, for the blind and visually impaired, is organizing a celebration entitled White Cane Safety Day that will take place on 9 November 2005. This is in honor of the white cane, now ...

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The BA Organizes Training Courses to Prepare the Blind and Visually Impaired for the Job Market

The BA Taha Hussein Library, in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, organizes training courses for the blind and visually impaired, to prepare them for the job market. Held for the second consecutive year, these activities come as part of the BA efforts to provide its services to ...

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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Celebrates the White Cane Safety Day

The Taha Hussein for the Visually Impaired Library, in cooperation with Hans Seidel Foundation, organizes the International White Cane Safety Day on Wednesday, 6 November 2019 at 10.00 am. This celebration comes within the cultural and enlightening role of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina towards ...

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