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Salah Eissa’s 92,000 Documents Made Available on the “Memory of Modern Egypt” Website

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina held two sessions on the sidelines of the seminar "Salah Eissa’s Documents”, in conjunction with the launch of the project digitizing the late writer's documents on the “Memory of Modern Egypt” website, in the presence of Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca ...

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Major General Hamed Hammouda’s Family Donate his Belongings to the BA

The belongings of Major General Hamed Hammouda, who was Head of the General Administration of the Military Courts, have been donated by his family to the BA. The items included in the donation will be made available on the Memory of Modern Egypt website as part of the BA program dedicated to ...

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Tariq Habib Archive on Memory of Modern Egypt

The BA is now in the process of launching the Tariq Habib archive on the Memory of Modern Egypt website. The late television host’s family donated a complete archive, prepared by Habib himself, to the BA. The archive documents the lives and careers of many Egyptian public figures and important ...

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BA to Republish Limited First Edition of Memory of Modern Egypt Magazine

In response to the growing demand for the first edition of Memory of Modern Egypt (MoME) magazine, the BA has decided to publish a new edition to be offered to the public. The first edition of the magazine covers a huge number of topics documenting Egypt’s history during the nineteenth and ...

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Memory of Modern Egypt Participates in "Discover Modern Egypt" Celebration in France

The BA Memory of Modern Egypt (MoME) project will participate in the "Discover Modern Egypt" celebration in Paris, which is hosted by the Egyptian Cultural Bureau in Paris during the period from 1 to 13 October 2012, in commemoration of the 39th anniversary of the October War. The Celebration ...

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