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Grant Agreement with Carnegie Corporation of New York

Alexandria— The Carnegie Corporation of New York is granting the BA one million U.S. dollars for the purpose of reissuing modernist publications from Muslim societies. The grant agreement was recently signed by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and Professor Vartan ...

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Serageldin Lectures about Bioethics

Alexandria— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, gives a lecture on Thursday, 13 August 2009, entitled “Ethics in Biological Sciences”. Serageldin presents a review of some of the issues and some of the approaches that Egypt might follow. This is based on his ...

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The Big Read Summer Celebration

Alexandria— The BA Libraries Sector organizes on Thursday 13 August 2009 the Summer Celebration of the Big Read (Egypt/US) project which aims at introducing American literature to Egyptian readers and vice versa. The Ceremony concludes the Big Read project held during summer 2009. It highlights ...

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Faust in a Play Reading at the BA

Alexandria— The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in English on Wednesday, 12 August 2009. Participants will read Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Goethe’s masterpiece, a classic of German and Western literature published in two parts, dramatizes the ...

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Launching the Digital Inscription Library

Alexandria— The BA Calligraphy Center launches on Thursday 13 August 2009 the “Digital Inscription Library”. The Digital Library of Inscriptions Project is a digital record of writings found on historic buildings and works of art throughout the ages. These inscriptions are presented in digital ...

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