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The BA Congratulates Egyptian Novelist Mohamed Samir Nada

Prof. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and the Library staff, congratulate the Egyptian novelist Mr. Mohamed Samir Nada for winning the eighteenth International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel The Prayer of Anxiety . The BA is proud of this cultural achievement, as it ...

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A Discussion of the Novel The Prayer of Anxiety at Sinnari House

The BA Cultural Outreach Sector organizes a seminar to discuss the novel The Prayer of Anxiety by Mohamed Samir Nada on Tuesday, 17 June 2025, at 7:00 pm, at Sinnari House in Cairo. The seminar will be attended by Prof. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the BA, and the novel will be discussed by Prof. ...

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The Announcement of the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Shortlist from the BA

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted on Wednesday the conference announcing the shortlist of novels competing for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, in the presence of Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the BA; Prof. Yasir Suleiman, the Prize's Chair of Trustees; and Ms. Fleur Montanaro, the ...

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The Opening of the 20^th Round of the BA International Book Fair

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has launched the 20 th edition of its International Book Fair, which takes place from Monday, 7 July to Monday, 21 July. The 20 th edition is being held in collaboration with the General Egyptian Book Organization and the Egyptian and Arab Publishers Association, and ...

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