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Under the Protection of the People

Alexandria saw massive demonstrations throughout the city ( see video ) leading to the stepping down of President Hosni Mubarak. The Library was protected by the people who joined hands around the building. Young students from the university designed and made a huge National Flag, and put it on the ...

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To all Our Friends Around the World:18 Days that Shook the World

Thank you for your many messages of solidarity and support throughout these last two weeks. And a salute to Egypt’s wonderful youth, who changed the course of history through peaceful demonstrations. The moral power of non-violence was never more ably deployed for the cause of more freedom, more ...

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A Salute to the Great Youth of Egypt

To the great youth of Egypt, the leaders of the Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011, I salute you. For … in the nobility of your spirit, in the exuberance of your youth, in the quality of your contacts, in the unsullied idealism that you possess, in the dedication to our common humanity ...

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Director’s Statement to all our Friends in the World: Updates on the Events in Egypt

Dear friends Thank you all for the many many notes of concern and messages of solidarity and support. Concerning the Library, in addition to the wonderful pictures and video we posted some days ago, I would like to bring you up to date on the situation here. As you know from this website, the young ...

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The Library as a Forum for Freedom of Expression

Today, the Library again showed why it became such a beacon for freedom of expression. In this case, former employees of the Library, who were transferred with their civil service positions to other government departments, picketed asking that they be returned to the library, accusing us of having ...

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