Signing an Agreement between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) and Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
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Alexandria — During the visit of His Excellency President Carolos Papoulias, President of Greece yesterday to the Library of Alexandria, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria and Anthony S. Papadimitriou, President of Onassis Foundation signed a cooperation agreement at the BA.
On this occasion, Dr. Ismail Serageldin expressed his thanks and gratitude to the Greek President and the President of Onassis Foundation. He also extended special thanks to General Abdel Salam Al-Mahgoub, Governor of Alexandria and Dr. Mohamed Awad, Director of the BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med). Mr. Papadimitriou thanked the BA for hosting this event which reflects the BA interest in human culture.
As part of the agreement, Onassis Foundation will participate in reconstructing Antoniadis Villa and in establishing a unit for Hellenic studies Affiliated to the BA to be specialized in arts, architecture, antiquities, literature, and culture. The unit will be part of the Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center.
The cooperation between Egypt and Greece is part of the BA and Alex Med mission to revive the historical role of Alexandria as a meeting place for different cultures, pluralism and tolerance.
Onassis Foundation donated the Head of Alexander the Great to the BA in appreciation of the role the BA plays in the city of Alexandria.
