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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

www.bibalex.org

Egypt ’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), the new Library of Alexandria, was inaugurated in 2002 to recapture the spirit of the ancient Library of Alexandria, a center of world learning from 300 BC to 400 AD. The new Library and its affiliated research centers are devoted to using the newest technology to preserve the past and to promote access to the products of the human intellect. It is committed to work with partners all over the world, and is a center for intercultural dialogue, learning and understanding. For more information visit http://www.bibalex.org

Ibrahim Shihata Arabic-UNL Center The International School of Information Science (ISIS)

www.bibalex.org/isis

UNL Book The International School of Information Science (ISIS) research institute was founded in order to maximize creativity and foster innovations within the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). Guided by BA goals to:

• preserve the heritage for future generations in digital form; and
• provide universal access to human knowledge

ISIS acts as an incubator for digital and technological projects, promoting and nurturing innovations whose goals encompass the spirit of the BA’s mission.

UNDL Foundation

http://www.undl.org/

UNL Book The UNDL Foundation is an autonomous organization set up by the United Nations University (UNU) in January 2001 for being responsible for the development and management of the UNL Program. It is a non-profit international organization and inherited from the UNU/IAS the mandates of implementing the UNL Program and of bringing it to fulfill its mission.

ARAB FUND FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

http://www.arabfund.org/

The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) is an autonomous regional Pan-Arab development finance organization, ("the Fund"). Its membership consists of all states who are members of the League of Arab States. The AFESD is an Arab regional financial institution, having an independent juridical personality. Its function is to assist the economic and social development of Arab countries through (1) financing development projects, with preference given to overall Arab development and to joint Arab projects; (2) encouraging the investment of private and public funds in Arab projects; and (3) providing technical assistance services for Arab economic and social development.