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The BA Closed Next Saturday

The BA will be closed to the public on Saturday, 15 December 2012, on the occasion of the popular referendum on the proposed Egyptian constitution. ...

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Serageldin Gives a Keynote Speech at the Summit of the Book

At the first International Summit of the Book, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, gave a keynote speech which received a standing ovation from a large gathering of leaders in academia, libraries and technology. Organized and hosted by the Library of Congress, this ...

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Serageldin Presided WDL Executive Council Meeting

Following the Annual Partner Meeting of the World Digital Library (WDL), held at the Library of Congress on 5 December 2012, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, chaired the WDL Executive Council Meeting, which convened the following day to review progress made within the ...

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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Exhibition

The BA Special Projects Department and Arts Center, in collaboration with the Embassy of Lithuania in Egypt, hold an exhibition of the Lithuanian Composer, Painter, Writer, and Photographer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875- 1911) from 13 December 2012 to 2 January 2013. Čiurlionis was, and ...

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Selected Plays by Naguib Mahfouz

The Reference Services Section is holding its monthly play reading in English on Wednesday, 12 December 2012. Participants will read Selected Plays by Naguib Mahfouz. The session starts at 16:00 hrs. pm in the Reading Area (B1 level). Participants should register their names at the General ...

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