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Serageldin Gives Nexus Lecture 2011

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, addressed a large audience of intellectuals, artists, diplomats, politicians, and other decision-makers at the Nexus Institute in Tilburg, Amsterdam, on 30 October 2011, with a lecture entitled “Knowledge and Memory in Alexandria: A ...

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October War Testimonies in El-Sennary House

The BA Cairo-based Sennary House holds on Thursday, 27 October 2011 a seminar entitled “Learn how to Defend Your Country’s History- October War”. The seminar hosts Dr. Abdallah Abd El-Razek; Mr. Ahmed Zayed, one of the founders of “Group 73” website on October 1973 War; and Major Mohamed Okasha, ...

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Antony in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in French on Wednesday, 2 November 2011. Participants will read Antony by Alexandre Dumas the Father. A drama in five acts, the play is about the love story of Antony and Adele. After a three-year separation, Antony attempts to ...

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Al-Azhar Declaration in Different Languages

Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb; Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria; and Dr. Abdallah ben Beh, Vice President of the International Union of Muslim Scholars inaugurated on Sunday 23 October 2011, a seminar entitled “Cultural Consensus in Light of Al-Azhar ...

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Ambassadors of Dialogue Workshop

The BA Dialogue Form hosted on Thursday, 20 October 2011 the Ambassadors of Dialogue– a group of young people from Egypt, Jordan and Denmark– to conduct a workshop for another group of young activists entitled “Dialogue as a Tool”.   The workshop was intended as a training of trainers on dialogue, ...

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