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First Alexandrina World Music Festival at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Arts Center, in cooperation with the European Commission, are organizing the First Alexandrina World Music Festival from 4 to 10 April 2009. Six Euro-Mediterranean countries are participating, namely: Egypt, Algeria, Germany, Greece, Italy and Macedonia. The Festival seeks to ...

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Space Technology Program at the BA

Alexandria— In collaboration with the National Authority of Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSS), the Planetarium Science Center (PSC) organizes the “Space Technology” program from 12 February to 2 April 2009. Targeting the age group from 15 to 20 years old, the program aims to simplify ...

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The Largest Arabic Digital Repository Online with 100,000 Books

Alexandria— In a new world record, the BA has recently announced that its Digital Assets Repository (DAR) reached more than 100,000 Arabic books, thus becoming the largest digital library in the whole world. One can access the whole collection of books on dar.bibalex.org/ , the digital archive ...

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Serageldin Participates in the 2009 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, participated in the sixth edition of “The 2009 U.S.-Islamic World Forum: Common Challenges” in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday,15 February 2009, as speaker and moderator. The 2009 U.S.-Islamic World Forum brought together key ...

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Meeting of the Specialized Advisory Committees at the BA

Alexandria— The Specialized Advisory Committees will hold their 21st meeting at the BA on 28 February and 1 March 2009. The Committees give impetus to the BA's artistic, cultural, and scientific mission through the participation of its members in formulating the activities and programs of the BA. ...

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