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Promoting the culture of peace among youth

Alexandria, 15 August 2005— Within the framework of “The Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement”, a project entitled “Peace Education among Youth” was initiated to help promote the culture of peace among youth. The project is coordinated by the “Egyptian Association for the Protection ...

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Recent donations to the BA

Alexandria, 10 August 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has recently acquired several donations from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and from The Synod of Southern California and Hawaii (Presbyterian Church), USA. The collections comprise over 600 books in the fields ...

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Astronomy lecture at the BA

Alexandria, 9 August 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a scientific lecture, Wednesday, 10 August, at the Planetarium Scientific Center (PSC), entitled “From Alexandria to Darb El-Tibana”. It is one among a series of summer lectures on astronomy given by the astronomer, Omar ...

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A note of thanks

Alexandria, 4 August 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is grateful to all its friends around the world who wrote or telephoned after the terrorist bombing of Sharm El Sheikh to show support in this time of tragedy. This is a time when friends and family come together to support each other, reflect ...

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The “Education Development in Egypt” workshop closes

Alexandria, 4 August 2005— Thursday, 4 August 2005 witnessed the closing session of the “Education Development in Egypt” post-conference workshop, organized by the Arab Reform Forum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), 3-4 August 2005. Upon the presentation of the final reports by the different ...

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