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The BA Launches the Big Read 2019

The BA General Collections and Services Department launches the events of the Big Read 2019. This year's program is about the play No Exit , written by the French philosopher, playwright, and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre. The events run from June to September 2019. The program includes several ...

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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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The BA Organizes the African League of Young Masters’ Seventh Graduation Ceremony

The BA Sustainable Development Studies Program organizes the African League of Young Masters’ seventh annual graduation ceremony, on Tuesday, 2 July 2019, at 11:00 am. The African League of Young Masters (ALYM) was launched in July 2011 under the umbrella of the Youth and Environment Programs. This ...

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Audio-Described Film for the Visually Impaired at the BA Antiquities Museum

The BA Antiquities Museum has embarked on English to Arabic audio descriptions to the film titled Mummification in Ancient Egypt to make it suitable for the visually impaired. Audiovisual descriptions enable the visually impaired to follow films through sound instead of sight. A pre-recorded ...

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Treasures of Royal Jewelry in an Exhibition at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The BA Antiquities Museum, in cooperation with the Royal Jewelry Museum and ADASA Club, organizes an exhibition entitled "Taj Photography Exhibition: Treasures from the Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria", from 11 June to 11 July 2019. The exhibition displays the collection that featured in the Taj ...

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