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The BA Re-issues Mahmoud Pasha Al-Falaki’s Ancient Alexandria

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) re-issued A Message on Ancient Alexandria ; a book written by Mahmoud Pasha Al-Falaki, a pioneer of modern astronomy and archaeoastronomy. The original copy of the book was first published in French, in Copenhagen, in 1872, while the ...

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Book Launch: Daughters of the Nile: Egyptian Women Changing their World

The BA Alex Med is hosting a book launch for Daughters of the Nile: Egyptian Women Changing their World —edited by Samia I. Spencer, with a preface by Melanne Verveer—that will be held on Sunday, 5 March, 6:00 pm, at the BA. The event will be attended by the book editor Dr. Samia Spencer, ...

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Japanese Television at the BA

A delegation sent by the National Japanese Television Network visited the BA to film a documentary on Queen Cleopatra. The delegation recorded an interview with Dr. Mohammed Mustafa, Director of the Department of Underwater Antiquities in Alexandria, and they also conducted an interview with ...

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The Omar Toussoun commemoration at BA

Alexandria, 18 February 2005— Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), inaugurated the celebration held in commemoration of Prince Omar Toussoun, Prince of Alexandria, on 17 February 2005, welcoming the attendants. Following Dr. Serageldin’s words, was a speech by Dr. ...

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The BA Celebrates the Day of the Mediterranean

In celebration of the Day of the Mediterranean, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lit the Conference Center’s screens with the logo of the celebration, which took place on Sunday, 28 November 2021. Egypt and other Member States of the Union ...

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