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Fourth International Summer Arts Festival

Alexandria, 22 June 2005— The Arts Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is currently preparing for its fourth International Summer Arts Festival, 1 July - 5 August. The Festival’s wide variety of events includes concerts, cinematic, and theater performances. Modern, classical and folklore ...

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BA’s summer program for children and youth

Alexandria, 22 June 2005— This summer witnesses an exciting cultural and educational program for school children, 6-16 years old, at the Children’s and Young People’s Libraries of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). The program comes within the BA’s goals of promoting the capacities and talents of ...

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Homage to the Ancient Library of Alexandria

Alexandria, 21 June 2005— The Arts Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandria (BA) is holding an exhibition in the BA Plaza, 30 June – 5 August, displaying the metal sculptures from a sculpting workshop organized by the BA at the Center for Beautifying Alexandria. Paying homage to the Ancient Library of ...

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Toward Better Arabic Handwriting

Alexandria, 21 June 2005— The Calligraphy Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is holding a round-table discussion, 22 June 2005, on the steps taken in implementing the recommendations of the conference “Toward Better Arabic Handwriting”. The conference, held in July 2004 at the BA, aimed to ...

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Workshop: Following in the Footsteps of Eratosthenes

Alexandria, 20 June 2005— For the third consecutive year, the Planetarium Science Center (PSC) at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, is hosting the workshop ‘On the Footsteps of Eratosthenes’, 21 June 2005, held in cooperation with the French Cultural Center and the Egyptian Ministry of Education. ...

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