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The White Cane Safety Day at the BA

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired holds the International White Cane Safety Day on Monday, 1 November 2010. The event starts with a stand up at the BA Plaza -in front of the Planetarium- followed by a ceremony in the BACC Great Hall to highlight the significant role ...

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The BA Celebrates the International White Cane Day

Alexandria— The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired is organizing a celebration entitled “The International White Cane Day” on Monday, 13 October 2008 at the BA Plaza. This event intends to grant the blind individuals in Egypt the right to celebrate this day by raising ...

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The White Cane Day

Alexandria— The Taha Hussein Library for the Visually Impaired is organizing a symposia entitled the “The White Cane as a Tool for the Blind” On Thursday 14 December 2006. Dr. Magdy Hussein, professor of Arabic language at the University of Alexandria, Dr. Aly Ahmed El Sayed, professor of history ...

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BA celebrates World Braille Day

Alexandria, 27 December 2005— For the first time in Egypt, the Taha Hussein Library at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is celebrating the World Braille Day, 4 January, honoring Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille who was born on 4 January 1809. The celebration comprises a display of the equipment ...

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White Cane Safety Day at the BA

Alexandria, 25 October 2005— For the first time in Egypt, the Taha Hussein Library at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, for the blind and visually impaired, is organizing a celebration entitled White Cane Safety Day that will take place on 9 November 2005. This is in honor of the white cane, now ...

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