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Slovak President Visits the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

H.E. Rudolf Schuster, President of the Republic of Slovakia, presented the Bibliotheca Alexandrina with a donation that includes a collection of 27 books including encyclopedias and history books about Slovakia. The gift also included a memorablia silver coin.  The President of Slovakia visited ...

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Teaching Hieroglyphics to Children and Young People

Both the Children’s and Young People’s (YP) Libraries at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina are holding a Hieroglyphics teaching workshop for children from age 8 through 12. The workshop will take place from the 25 th - 29 th of January.            Organized in collaboration with the Calligraphy ...

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Forty Under Forty

The Arts Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organizing an architectural exhibition in 2005 under the title of ‘Forty Under Forty’. The exhibition will present forty architectural works by architects under the age of forty.           A selection committee from the Arts Center at the ...

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Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Visits the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohammed Sayed Tantawi is visiting the Bibliotheca Alexandrina tomorrow Tuesday 13 th of January to give a lecture on ‘Ethics of Dialogue in Islam’. Sheikh Tantawi will address the Library’s staff as well as a number of distinguished guests and intellectuals. ...

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Learn Hieroglyphics at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

New Page 1             As part of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s role in increasing general knowledge and cultural awareness in all fields, the Calligraphy Center is organizing a language-training course to teach the ancient Egyptian language (Hieroglyphics).             Dr. Abdel Halim Nour El ...

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