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Launching a New Version of DAR

Since its launch, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Sector has ever been upgrading the Digital Assets Repository (DAR) , deploying innovative tools which add to the latest emerging technologies in digital libraries. As an extension to that, DAR Ver3.0- has been launched, a total ...

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Selected Poems by Salah Jaheen

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly Poetry Reading in Arabic on Tuesday, 4 January 2011. Participants will read selected poems by Salah Jaheen. The session starts at 17:00 hrs. at the BA Arts and Multimedia Library. Participants should register their names at the General Information ...

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The BA Launches New Activities in El-Sennary House

Under the auspices of Dr. Fathy Sorour, President of the Egyptian People's Assembly, the BA launched preliminary activities in El-Sennary House, Cairo, on Sunday, 2 January 2011. The activities commenced with the Book Launch of Diwan Al-Khat Al-Araby fi Misr (Divan of Arab Calligraphy in Egypt), ...

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Serageldin in the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Sweden

The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden, has elected Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, to be a Foreign Member of the Society. Established in 1778, the Royal Society’s primary mission is to promote scientific research and support higher education. ...

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Serageldin’s Lectures at Collège de France

Elected by the fifty-two professors of Collège de France and officially appointed by President Sarkozy as Professor to the International Chair Savoirs contre pauvreté (Knowledge Against Poverty), for the academic year 2010-2011, Serageldin gave his inaugural lecture to a very large audience last ...

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