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Exhibition of Arabic and Coptic Papyri at the BA

Alexandria— Co-organized by the Austrian Cultural Forum in Cairo, the BA is hosting an Exhibition entitled "Texts from the Early Islamic period of Egypt: Muslims and Christians at their First Encounter", from 4 to 18 May 2009. The Exhibition features about 23 panels of Arabic Papyri from the ...

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An Agreement between the BA and the Coptic Monuments Association

Alexandria— The BA, represented by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and the Coptic Monuments Association, directed by Engineer Youssef Boutros Ghali, have recently signed a memorandum of cooperation to spread awareness on Coptic monuments among the public. Dr. ...

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Coptic: A stage of the Ancient Egyptian Language in a Lecture at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA)

Alexandria — The BA will organize a lecture on Thursday, 4 May 2006, entitled Coptic: A stage of the Ancient Egyptian Language by Dr. Abdel Halim Nureldin, Director of the BA Calligraphy Center and Professor of Egyptian Language, Faculty of Antiquities, Cairo University. The lecture will start ...

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The BA Hosts Spanish Writer Irene Vallejo

Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, opened the dialogue session organized by the Library in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy, featuring Spanish writer Irene Vallejo and her book The Invention of Books: The Infinite in a Papyrus . The event witnessed the ...

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Opening of the Egyptian-Moroccan Cultural Forum at the BA

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opened the Egyptian-Moroccan Cultural Forum, organized by the Center for Strategic Studies and the Center for Islamic Civilization Studies, both part of the Library's Academic Research Sector, in collaboration with the Mediterranean Youth Forum in Asilah. The forum was ...

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