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Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Visits the BA

Alexandria— HE Mrs. Ursula Plassnik, Austrian Foreign Minister, accompanied by a senior delegation will visit the BA on Friday, 28 December 2007. Ambassador Hagar Islambouly, Head of the BA External Relations Sector, will accompany the delegation on a tour of the Library, its affiliated ...

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Portuguese Minister of Defense Visits the BA

Alexandria— HE Mr. Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Portuguese Minister of Defense, accompanied by a senior delegation will visit the BA on Thursday, 27 December 2007, as one of the cultural and scientific landmarks in Egypt and the entire world and to discuss means of cultural cooperation between ...

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Serageldin Receives an Honorary Doctorate from Azerbaijan

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, left Alexandria on Sunday, 23 November 2007, to visit Azerbaijan, upon an invitation by the Government of Azerbaijan to discuss holding the Youth Employment Summit 2008 in Azerbaijan. Serageldin and the Minister of Youth ...

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The BA will be Closed from 18 to 21 December 2007

Alexandria— On the occasion of the Feast (Eid al-Adha); the BA will be closed to the public from Tuesday, 18 December 2007 to Thursday, 20 December 2007. The Library will be closed as well on Friday, 21 December 2007, due to maintenance of the air conditioning system. Regular opening hours ...

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The BA Hosts Dialogue among People and Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf Areas Conference, 19-21 January 2008

Alexandria— The Institute for Peace Studies (IPS) of the Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement (SMWIPM), hosted at the BA will organize the third Conference on the Dialogue among People and Cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf Areas at the BA from 19 to 21 January 2008. ...

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