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The Egyptian Middle Class in a Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Dialogue Forum is organizing on Saturday, 21 February 2009, a seminar entitled “The Egyptian Middle Class: Challenges and Opportunities”. Dr. Tharwat Ishaq, Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, will speak in the Seminar, moderated by Dr. Aly Gelby, ...

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Asian and African Cinema at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Arts Center is organizing film screenings from 15 to 20 February 2009 entitled “Asian and African Cinema: Selections from Akira Kurosawa”. Akira Kurosawa is a Japanese director, producer, scriptwriter, montage artist and painter. Born in 1910 and passed away in 1989, Kurosawa ...

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Several Cultural Activities in the Alexandria International Book Fair

Alexandria— The BA is organizing the Seventh Alexandria International Book Fair 2009, held from 19 February to 4 March 2009. As a guest of honor together with the “Memory of Modern Egypt” Project, the National Translation Center will organize a number of cultural activities in this edition of the ...

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Maarten Boasson at the BA

Alexandria— Professor Maarten Boasson will be giving a lecture entitled “Addressing the Software Crisis After 40 Years of Software Engineering” at the BA on Thursday, 12 February 2009. Professor Maarten Boasson is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam, and owner of ...

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“For the New Century: New Instruments and New Music” Conference at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Arts Center is organizing a one-day Conference entitled “For the New Century: New Instruments and New Music” on Friday, 13 February 2009. The Conference will start by a talk by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria. Martin Schleske will give a lecture ...

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