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The BA Antiquities Museum Launches its New Website

The BA Antiquities Museum launched its new website with a database of more than 1,000 ancient monuments. It is the first museum in Egypt to display most of its holdings online in Arabic, English and French, in addition to historical and artistic introductions on the era to which the antiquities ...

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When We are Married in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in English on Sunday, 8 August 2010. Participants will read When We are Married by John Boynton Priestley. The play is about three happily-married couples who gather to celebrate the 25 th anniversary of their triple wedding ...

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The BA Working Hours During Ramadan

On the occasion of the month of Ramadan, the BA will be open from Saturday to Thursday, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm; and on Fridays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Regular opening hours will resume after the Feast (Eid al-Fitr). ...

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Screening of The Adventures of Huck Finn with Translation into Sign Language

The BA Library Sector screens on Saturday, 7 August 2010, The Adventures of Huck Finn , translated into sign language. The film is adopted from Mark Twain’s novel with the same title. The film screening is organized within the Big Read 2010 activities, aiming to introduce American literature to ...

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Call for the “Hassan Fathi Architectural Award” 2010

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med), in collaboration with the Architecture Committee of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Culture, announced the second round of the “Hassan Fathi Architectural Award”, in an aim to promote contemporary Egyptian architecture, and to honor ...

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