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The BA Opening Hours During the Feast (Eid al-Adha)

Alexandria— The BA will be closed to the public on Monday, 8 December 2008 and Tuesday, 9 December 2008, and will be open on Sunday, 7 December 2008; Wednesday, 10 December 2008; and Thursday, 11 December 2008 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Regular opening hours will resume starting Friday, ...

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Cairo Salon Continues to Discuss Environmental Issues

Alexandria— In this week’s episode of the “Cairo Salon” TV Show, aired on Channel One every Saturday at 11:30 pm, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, will continue to discuss last week’s topic concerning environmental issues. Serageldin will host Mr. Fawzy Abd El ...

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Opening Ceremony of “Investing in Cultural Heritage” Conference

Alexandria— On Monday, 2 December 2008, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, inaugurated the preliminary conference “Investing in Cultural Heritage”, which is held in preparation for the Second International Cultural Heritage Conference to be held in Rome in 2009 under ...

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Russian Veterans Speak about the Battle of El Alamein at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Dialogue Forum is organizing, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ambassador in Moscow, a Seminar on the history of the Battle of El Alamein and the consequential role it played in drawing the battle lines of World War II, on Thursday, 4 December 2008, in the Fourth Floor ...

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The Photographic Memory of Cairo

Alexandria— Within the Memory of Modern Egypt series, the BA has published a catalog entitled The Photographic Memory of Cairo . Edited by Dr. Khaled Azab and researcher Shaimaa El Sayeh, the catalog presents some of Cairo`s rarest photographs and depicts Cairean life throughout nearly a ...

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