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A Delegation from the University of California-Davis Visited Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria— A delegation from the University of California-Davis top management, headed by Dr. Kais Menoufy and Dr. Suad Joseph, general editor of the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Culture (EWIC), visited the BA on 20 March 2007. The delegation met with Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the ...

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The American Chemist Roald Hoffmann Compares Sciences to Arts in a Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— The BA organized a very distinguished seminar on Monday, 19 March 2007, entitled "One culture: Communalities and Differences between the Arts and the Sciences", by Prof. Roald Hoffman, an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The seminar was chaired ...

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The Peace Studies Institute Launches a Campaign on Banning Cluster Bombs

Alexandria— Ambassador Ali Maher, Director, Peace Studies Institute, affiliated to The Suzanne Mubarak Women for Peace Movement (SMWPM), spoke on the damages and hazardous risks facing civilians as a result of the use of cluster bombs, majority of which do not explode instantly, but remain for ...

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Seminar: Arabic Calligraphy Techniques "Preparation of Writing Paper"

Alexandria— As part of the series of Arabic Calligraphy seminars, the Calligraphy Center will organize on Thursday, 29 March 2007, a seminar entitled " Preparation of Writing Paper" by artist Mahmoud Gamal Hamed, Member of Mohamed Ibrahim Association for Arabic Calligraphy. Artist Mahmoud Gamal ...

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Monthly Seminar: The Alexandria Writers Union

Alexandria— the BA will host the monthly seminar held by the Alexandria Writers Union on Monday, 26 March 2007. This month's seminar discusses poetry and novels in Alexandria and Tunisia through lectures given by Fawzy Eissa and Dr. Mohamed Zakaria Anani respectively. The seminar will start at ...

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