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Opening of the Third International Conference of the Beacon for Freedom of Expression

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, inaugurated the Third International Conference of the Beacon for Freedom of Expression, held at the BA, on Tuesday, 22 April 2008. Dr. Serageldin started the session by welcoming HE the Norwegian Ambassador and the ...

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“Beacon for Freedom of Expression” Conference at the BA

Alexandria— The BA is organizing the third in the series of Beacon for Freedom of Expression Conference, to address the issues of Freedom of Speech and Access to Information, during a one-day event on Tuesday, 22 April 2008 at the BA. The “Beacon for Freedom of Expression” was first ...

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Workshop: Freedom of Expression Conference Report

Alexandria, 29 September 2005— The Arab Reform Forum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a workshop to discuss the first draft of the report of the Freedom of Expression Conference, that was held in September 2004. The workshop, contributing to Arab reform, discusses four main ...

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Press Release
Office of the Director of the Alexandria Library
9/20/2004

The 2nd International Conference of the Beacon for Freedom of Expression, held at the Library of Alexandria18-20 Sept. 2004, was attended by more than 250 national, regional, and international participants. Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, the Norwegian Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, Aly El Din ...

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Freedom of Expression debated at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The 2 nd International Conference of the Beacon for Freedom of Expression will take place at the Library of Alexandria from 18 to 20 September. More than 350 Egyptian, Arab and European media pundits, communications experts, scholars, human rights" advocates and journalists will join in debating ...

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