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Orabi, Leader of Peasants in a Play Reading at the BA

Alexandria— The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading session on Wednesday, 26 November 2008. Participants will read Orabi, Leader of Peasants by Abdel Rahman El Sharkawy. Orabi, Leader of Peasants deals with a significant time in the history of modern Egypt, a time ...

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Memory of Modern Egypt and the National Translation Center are Guests of Honor at the Seventh Alexandrina International Book Fair

Alexandria— The BA organizes the Seventh Alexandrina International Book Fair during the period from 19 February to 4 March 2009. This year, Memory of Modern Egypt and the National Translation Center are the Fair’s guests of honor. This year’s Fair is increasingly gaining popularity among ...

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Investing in Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development Preliminary Conference at the BA

Alexandria— Since cultural heritage is not only a preservation of national wealth but also a stimulator of substantial income, the BA is hosting, from 2 to 4 December 20008, the Cultural Heritage Preparatory Conference; a preliminary event for another International Conference entitled ...

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Guevara’s Daughter Speaks about His Struggle in a Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Dialogue Forum and Art Center, in collaboration with the Alexandria Band for Folkloric Arts, and Cuban Friends in Alexandria, will organize on Saturday, 22 November 2008, a seminar entitled “My Father: Ernesto Guevara”, in which Dr. Aleida Guevara will talk about her Cuban/ ...

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Serageldin co-chairs UNEP Meeting in Santa Barbara

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, co-chairs the Third Meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), together with Ernst Ulrich Von Weizsäcker, Dean of Donald Bren School of ...

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