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The 12^th Round of Maqamat Spiritual Evenings at Sinnari House

The BA Sinnari House in Cairo, in association with Hewar Foundation for Peoples' Arts and Cultures, organizes the twelfth round of “Spiritual Maqamat Evenings”, which will take place from 7 to 13 March 2025, at 9:00 pm. The program comprises a selection of traditional songs and musical performances ...

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The BA Concludes the Annual Anglophone Schools Competition

The BA Young People’s Library concluded the annual Anglophone Schools Competition under the title “EduApp Challenge”, in cooperation with GenioTech Egypt. The event was sponsored by Fluffy Bear and the Egyptian Association for Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and was held on Thursday, 27 ...

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Call for Applications: STARS Program for Entrepreneurship

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in cooperation with Hayah Karima Foundation, announces the launch of the entrepreneurship program “STARS: Steps towards Achieving Real Success”, which is organized by the two institutions under the umbrella of the National Alliance for Civil Development Work. The ...

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The President of the Lebanese Republic Meets with the BA Director

H.E. the President of the Lebanese Republic, General Joseph Aoun, met with Prof. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Thursday, 27 February 2025, on the sidelines of Prof. Zayed’s Beirut Arab University’s Board of Trustees meeting. During the ...

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Mohamed Benaissa, Former Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture and Member of the BA BoT, Dies

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina mourns former Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture and member of the Library's Board of Trustees, Mr. Mohamed Benaissa, who passed away today at the age of 88. Benaissa began his career as a student of journalism in Egypt and, years later, he won a ...

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