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Mounir Oteiba Wins State Encouragement Prize

The writer and novelist Mounir Oteiba, supervisor of the BA Narrative Review, has recently won the 2016 State Encouragement Prize, the very short story category, for his collection Rouh el-Hekaya (The Spirit of the Tale). This prize is particularly symbolic, as it is the first official ...

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Center for Calligraphy Studies Participates in The Renewal of the Cultural Discourse International Forum in Cairo

Dr. Essam el-Saeed, Director of the BA Center for Calligraphy Studies, and Dr. Mohamed Hassan, one of the center’s researchers, have participated in The Renewal of the Cultural Discourse Forum with a research paper, titled “Writings and Manuscripts: Gateways to Creative Cultural Industries”. The ...

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Shorofat Series: the Latest Publication by the BA Futuristic Studies Unit

The BA Futuristic Studies Unit has issued a new series titled Shorofat . This series specializes in Humanitarian Studies. It aims to publish analytical and critical researches due to their importance in reconstructing Arab societies and in forming Arab awareness through discussing contemporary ...

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Umayyad View of Power in the New Issue of Marased

The BA Futuristic Studies Unit has released the 31st issue of the Marased series, and it includes a study titled “The Caliphate and Rule: A Study in the Umayyad View of Power”. The study tackles the nature of the notion of caliphate as a system of power during the first epoch of Islam, and ...

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Guided Tours During the Month of Ramadan

The BA Visits Department is offering Guided Tours during the holy month of Ramadan. Tours are scheduled to be held from 11:15 am to 2:30 pm, and they will be provided in 4 different languages: English, Arabic, French, and Spanish. Culturama shows will be presented from 12:00 noon to 1:30 ...

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