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“Connecting Heritage Science to the Heritage of Science” Conference

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (Egypt) are organizing the International Conference "Connecting Heritage Science to the Heritage of Science", from 6 to 9 April 2025, at the BA Conference Center. The Conference aims to examine and discuss the history ...

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The BA Concludes the Annual Anglophone Schools Competition

The BA Young People’s Library concluded the annual Anglophone Schools Competition under the title “EduApp Challenge”, in cooperation with GenioTech Egypt. The event was sponsored by Fluffy Bear and the Egyptian Association for Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and was held on Thursday, 27 ...

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Call for Applications: STARS Program for Entrepreneurship

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in cooperation with Hayah Karima Foundation, announces the launch of the entrepreneurship program “STARS: Steps towards Achieving Real Success”, which is organized by the two institutions under the umbrella of the National Alliance for Civil Development Work. The ...

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The President of the Lebanese Republic Meets with the BA Director

H.E. the President of the Lebanese Republic, General Joseph Aoun, met with Prof. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Thursday, 27 February 2025, on the sidelines of Prof. Zayed’s Beirut Arab University’s Board of Trustees meeting. During the ...

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Mohamed Benaissa, Former Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture and Member of the BA BoT, Dies

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina mourns former Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture and member of the Library's Board of Trustees, Mr. Mohamed Benaissa, who passed away today at the age of 88. Benaissa began his career as a student of journalism in Egypt and, years later, he won a ...

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