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“Editing Folkloric Texts” Forum at the BA

The BA Manuscripts Center organizes a forum titled “Editing Folkloric Texts” from 22 to 23 June 2022, in the BACC Lecture Hall. It tackles certain aspects such as Arabic folkloric heritage, its streams and manifestations, the reality of folkloric manuscripts in Arab countries, the importance ...

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Visions of Egyptian Museums in the 21^st Century

The BA Manuscripts Center and the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT), in cooperation with the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, organize a seminar titled “Visions of Major Egyptian Museums in the 21 st Century” on Thursday, 26 May 2022, at 12:00 pm, in the ...

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The BA Celebrates the Millennium of Ibn Al-Haytham’s Book of Optics

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organizes a webinar on Thursday, 8 April 2021, in celebration of the millennium of Al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham’s Book of Optics . Having contributed to the invention of the modern-day camera, this seminal book presented the principles of empirical research, and placed ...

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The BA Organizes an Online Course on the “Critical Publishing of Historical and Geographical Texts”

The BA Manuscripts Center organizes a free, intensive online course titled “Critical Publishing of Historical and Geographical Texts”, delivered by Dr. Ayman Fouad Said, Manuscripts Expert and Professor of Islamic History and Civilization. The course takes place on 22 and 23 March 2021. To view the ...

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The BA Organizes an Advanced Course in Arabic Manuscript Cataloging

The BA Manuscripts Center organizes an advanced course on Arabic manuscript cataloging from 22 to 26 July 2018, that will be presented by a select group of university professors and cataloging and codicology experts. The course aims to train participants on how to solve issues concerning cataloging ...

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