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Le Figaro: A report on the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and an interview with Dr. Serageldin

In its issue dated Thursday 25 April 2002, Le Figaro; the well known French newspaper wrote a full report about the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The report was further followed by an interview with Dr. Ismail Serageldin. The article focused on the building of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and its ...

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BA/RAWI Readings

Bibliotheca Alexandrina El Shatby, Alexandria 21526 Egypt Wednesday, May 01, 2002 Contact : Bibliotheca Alexandrina (203) 4839999 Alexandria - Today, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) are holding a program of reading from works by contemporary poets and ...

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The Alexandria First International Book Fair

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina started to prepare for the first Alexandria International Book Fair, which will be held on the occasion of declaring Alexandria as the World Book Capital City for the year 2002, by the International Publishers Association (IPA) as proposed by Mr. Ibrahim El-Moallem, ...

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BA Inauguration Celebration Postponed...

In view of the ongoing developments in the region, President Mubarak has decided that it would be more appropriate to postpone the official Inauguration of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and associated celebrations and festivities. A new date will be fixed in the near future. For those visitors who ...

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The Arab World Institute in Paris holds an exhibition on the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The Arab World Institute in Paris will organize an exhibition , which aims at presenting the story of the revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria. This exhibition acquaintances the world that the Library""s building was designed by the Norwegian architects of Snøhetta in collaboration with ...

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