“Culturalhistory is the touchstone of memory and wellspring of our imagination” saidDr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina as he opened asession entitled: ‘Protecting Cultural Heritage from Collateral Damage’ atthe World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He suggested that ...
H.E.Rudolf Schuster, President of the Republic of Slovakia, presented theBibliotheca Alexandrina with a donation that includes a collection of 27 booksincluding encyclopedias and history books about Slovakia. The gift also includeda memorablia silver coin. ThePresident of Slovakia visited the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ...
Boththe Children’s and Young People’s (YP) Libraries at the BibliothecaAlexandrina are holding a Hieroglyphics teaching workshop for children from age8 through 12. The workshop will take place from the 25th- 29thof January. Organized in collaboration with ...
TheArts Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organizing an architecturalexhibition in 2005 under the title of ‘Forty Under Forty’. The exhibitionwill present forty architectural works by architects under the age of forty. A selection committee from the ArtsCenter ...
TheGrand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohammed Sayed Tantawi is visiting the BibliothecaAlexandrina tomorrow Tuesday 13th of January to give a lecture on‘Ethics of Dialogue in Islam’. Sheikh Tantawi will address the Library’sstaff as well as a number of distinguished guests and intellectuals. Afterthe lecture, Dr. Ismail Serageldin,...