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The World Braille Day at the BA

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired organizes a celebration on the occasion of the “World Braille Day” on 4 January 2011. This international celebration is held annually as a tribute to the birthday of Louis Braille, born in 1809, the genius whose invention changed the ...

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Arab Theology in Cairo Salon

The weekly Cairo Salon TV Show, presented by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, devotes an episode on “Arab theology”. The first part will be aired on Channel One on Friday, 24 December 2010, at 8:30 pm. In this episode, Serageldin hosts Dr. Youssef Zeidan, Director of ...

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Waiting for Godot in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in Arabic on Wednesday, 29 December 2010. Participants will read Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett . The best example of the Theater of the Absurd, the play is about two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, who are waiting for a ...

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Dr. Adel Abu Zahra’s Prize- Call for Application

The BA announces the call for application for the annual prize of the late Dr. Adel Abu Zahra. Amounting for 50,000 L.E., this year's prize is awarded to Egyptian civil society associations working in the field of artistic creativity and succeeding in overcoming obstacles or executing projects in ...

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TWAS-ARO Sixth Annual Meeting

The BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) hosts the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World-Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) on 22 December 2010. The theme of this year's meeting is "Linking Research Institutions, Universities, and Industry in the Arab ...

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