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Arabic Calligraphy Seminar and Exhibition

Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Calligraphy Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a seminar, on the different types of Arabic calligraphy, 15 September in the Auditorium at 12 pm. It features artists Ahmed El-Beshly, specialist in Arabic handwriting at the Calligraphy School ...

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Einstein in Egypt conference

Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Einstein in Egypt conference, organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), 18-20 September, is the second part of the Einstein trilogy. It comes within the BA’s goal of promoting science and research in Egypt. Research in relativity began in Egyptian ...

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Young Experimenters at the BA

Alexandria, 12 September 2005— Sunday, 11 September, witnessed “The Young Experimenter” event, organized by the Exploratorium at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). The event featured various workshops in the BA Plaza, where visitors took part in performing the different scientific and practical ...

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BA and JSTOR sign an agreement

Alexandria, 12 September 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has recently signed a three-year agreement with JSTOR , a New York-based archive of scholarly journal literature, to provide access to the back runs (non-current issues) of scholarly journals in sciences, humanities and social ...

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Workshop: The role of youth in modernization and development in Egypt

Alexandria, 11 September 2005— The Arab Reform Forum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organizing a workshop, 15-16 September 2005, entitled “The Role of Youth in Modernization and Development in Egypt” that comes within the framework of the Role of Youth in Modernization and Reform Conference that ...

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