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Tawfiq Adakkn’s Son Donates His Personal Belongings to the BA

As part of the project launched by the BA to document the pioneers of the seventh art and to preserve Egypt’s modern and contemporary history, the BA Special Projects Department has received a significant and grand donation from the son of Tawfiq Adakkn. The donation includes a collection of his ...

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Child and Adolescent Creative Unit Summer Program 2016

The BA Child and Adolescent Creative Unit is organizing its 2016 summer program for 5–18 year olds. The program includes several workshops that will appeal to different tastes and age groups. Participants will be divided into three different age groups. The 5–7 age group registration will be on ...

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Call for Participation in the Youth for Change Program

The BA has relaunched the Youth for Change Program in its fourth phase, under the title “ICT: Supporting Leaders of the Future”, after the program’s success in its first three phases. This phase is executed in cooperation with the TakingITGlobal organization and through local coordinators and some ...

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Launches the Arabic Library Standards Website

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina launched the Arabic Library Standards (ALS) website , on 3 May 2016. The website addresses a specialized Arab library community, focusing on standards and standardization in bibliographic and authority control. It includes extensive information on the bibliographic ...

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Tariq Habib Archive on Memory of Modern Egypt

The BA is now in the process of launching the Tariq Habib archive on the Memory of Modern Egypt website. The late television host’s family donated a complete archive, prepared by Habib himself, to the BA. The archive documents the lives and careers of many Egyptian public figures and important ...

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