News

ICOM conference at the BA

Alexandria, 15 September 2005— The Antiquities Museum at the BA is organizing the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Conference, 21-24 September. Speakers representing museums from Austria, Belgium, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain and the USA ...

Read more

The Academic Freedom conference hosted by the BA

Alexandria, 15 September 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted the "Academic Freedom Conference: Problems and Challenges in Arab and African Countries", organized by the UNESCO Forum Regional Scientific Committee for Arab States in cooperation with the Arab and African Research Center in Cairo ...

Read more

United Nations online databases at the BA

Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has currently adopted a new service that provides access to UN online databases. This is in addition to the BA’s being a depository library for the UN system where it maintains a comprehensive archival collection of the documents and ...

Read more

Arabic Calligraphy Seminar and Exhibition

Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Calligraphy Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a seminar, on the different types of Arabic calligraphy, 15 September in the Auditorium at 12 pm. It features artists Ahmed El-Beshly, specialist in Arabic handwriting at the Calligraphy School ...

Read more

Einstein in Egypt conference

Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Einstein in Egypt conference, organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), 18-20 September, is the second part of the Einstein trilogy. It comes within the BA’s goal of promoting science and research in Egypt. Research in relativity began in Egyptian ...

Read more