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A Book Discussion of Disarming Beauty at the BA

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organizes a session to discuss the book Disarming Beauty , on Wednesday, 26 December 2018. The book is translated from Italian to Arabic, and is one of the latest publications of the BA. Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the BA, is intended to deliver ...

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The BA Organizes a Lecture on “The History and Restoration of the Mawlawy Architectural Complex in Cairo”

The Mawlawy Dervishes came to Egypt in the sixteenth century and settled in the New Helmiya district in Cairo. They used an architectural complex from the Mamluk era, consisting of Prince Yusbek’s palace, Prince Qusun’s palace, and the madrasa , or school, and the mausoleum of Prince Sunqur ...

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The BA Detects the Relationship between Crime and Terrorism

The Center for Strategic Studies at the BA has released the 48 th issue of Marased series, entitled “Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus.” It is originally published by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political ...

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The BA Organizes a Lecture on “The Aesthetics of the Arabic Language in the Texts of Islamic Papyrus”

The Writing and Scripts Center, affiliated to the Academic Sector at the BA, organizes a lecture entitled “The Aesthetics of the Arabic Language in the Texts of Islamic Papyrus,” as part of the World Arabic Language Day celebration. It is delivered by Dr. Mohammed Abdel Latif, former Assistant ...

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The BA Celebrates World Arabic Language Day

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina celebrates the World Arabic Language Day on Wednesday, 19 December 2018. The celebration is titled “Arabic in the eyes of the West”, and includes three sessions and a poetry seminar. The three sessions tackle linguistic Orientalism, learning Arabic as a second language ...

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