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BA stops library tours during the Alexandria First International Book Fair

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina regrets to declare that the Tour Guides section will not be able to receive visitors during the period of the Alexandria International Book Fair from 24th July till 6th August. The BA invites all its visitors to visit the fair and join its parallel cultural events. ...

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Eminent poets and writers at the Alexandria First International Book Fair

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina began its final arrangements for the Alexandria First International Book Fair. An unexpected large number of Egyptian and foreign publishing houses have expressed their interest in participating in such event. Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director General of the Bibliotheca ...

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The Alexandria First International Book Fair

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina started to prepare for the first Alexandria International Book Fair, which will be held on the occasion of declaring Alexandria as the World Book Capital City for the year 2002, by the International Publishers Association (IPA) as proposed by Mr. Ibrahim El-Moallem, ...

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Al-Azhar Scientific Manuscripts in a Book and on CDs in the Alexandrina International Book Fair

Alexandria— on the occasion of the Fourth Alexandrina International Book Fair, the BA issued a book entitled "Islamic and Arab Civilization Contribution in Astronomy: Scientific Manuscripts of Al-Azhar's Library". The book was published lately by the Center for Documentation of Cultural and ...

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Increasing International and Arabic Participation at the Alexandrina International Book Fair

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, Eng. Ibrahim El-Moalem, President of the Arab Publishers Union, and General Adel Labib, Governor of Alexandria will open the Alexandrina International Book Fair on 22 February 2007. Dr. Serageldin extended a special ...

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