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Smithsonian Institution in Cairo Salon

Alexandria— The weekly Cairo Salon TV show, presented by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, dedicates a special episode to Smithsonian Institution. The episode will be aired on Friday, 18 December 2009, at 20:00 hrs., on Egyptian TV Channel One. Smithsonian ...

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Former UN Under Secretary General at the BA

Alexandria— The Institute of Peace Studies (IPS), hosted at the BA, organizes a Lecture by Professor Sture Linnér, Former UN Under Secretary General, entitled “Personal Memories of Dag Hammarskjold”, on Wednesday 16 December 2009. Sture Linnér (born 1917) worked closely with Dag Hammarskjöd from ...

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Egypt’s First Lady Honors Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali at the BA

Alexandria— H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Chair of the BA Board of Trustees, visited the BA on Monday, 14 December 2009, to attend a ceremony honoring Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali, Former UN Secretary General, in recognition of his generous donation to the Library. Dr. Ghali’s valuable donation included ...

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TWAS Fifth Annual Meeting at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) organizes the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World-Arab Region Office (TWAS-ARO) on 21 and 22 December 2009, under the theme “Science Supercourse: A New Tool for Knowledge Dissemination in the ...

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The BA Signs MOU to Launch an Arab Encyclopedia of Life

Alexandria— On the fringe lines of the Pan-Arab Biodiversity Conference, organized by the BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) on 14 and 15 December 2009, the BA and the Smithsonian Institution, USA, signed a memorandum of understanding, according to which an Arab Encyclopedia of Life ...

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