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France Names Serageldin Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters

For his role in the field of intercultural dialogue, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria will be decorated by Frédéric Mitterrand, French Minister of Culture and Communication, with the insignia of Commander of the Order of Arts & Letters on 29 June 2011. The order, created ...

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Serageldin Speaks on Poverty Eradication and Biodiversity

Dr. Ismail Serageldin; Director of the Library of Alexandria, speaks at the International Conference “Reconciling Poverty eradication and Quality of the Environment: What are the innovative solutions?” held in Paris on 27 June 2011, under the patronage of the French Ministry for Economy, Finance ...

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The Turkish Success Story in the first series of “Nations’ Progress” Program

The BA Dialogue Forum, in cooperation with “Alexandria 2020 Project”, holds on Wednesday, 29 June 2011, a conference entitled “Turkey: A Journey of Renaissance”, as part of the “Nations’ Progress” Program. The Program is a series of monthly meetings presenting countries’ success stories to make use ...

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Easy Money in a Play Reading at the BA

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in Arabic on Wednesday, 29 June 2011. Participants will read Easy Money by the Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky. The play narrates the story of a flock of crows, depicting the conflict that lies in the lives of employees and ...

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Documentaries about Mummification and Sunken Treasures at the BA Antiquities Museum

The BA Antiquities Museum displays the sunken treasures hauled up from the Mediterranean seabed near the Eastern and Western harbors of Alexandria, following their display in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan. The Antiquities Museum now displays its collections along with documentary films on ...

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