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White Cane Safety Day at the BA

Alexandria, 25 October 2005— For the first time in Egypt, the Taha Hussein Library at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, for the blind and visually impaired, is organizing a celebration entitled White Cane Safety Day that will take place on 9 November 2005. This is in honor of the white cane, now ...

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The BA Organizes Training Courses to Prepare the Blind and Visually Impaired for the Job Market

The BA Taha Hussein Library, in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, organizes training courses for the blind and visually impaired, to prepare them for the job market. Held for the second consecutive year, these activities come as part of the BA efforts to provide its services to ...

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Taha Hussein Library Mid-Year Program

The BA Taha Hussein Library is organizing its Mid-Year Program to be held from Thursday, 28 December 2017 to Thursday, 1 February 2018. The program targets 5–16 year old children and young people. ...

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The BA Organizes a Ceremony to Honor the Visually Impaired

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Visually Impaired, in cooperation with Hanns Seidel Foundation (Egypt Office), organizes a ceremony to honor graduates of “Improving Employment Opportunities for the Visually Impaired” project, which aims at preparing them for the job market. The ceremony will ...

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World Braille Day 2020

The BA Taha Hussein Library organizes an exhibition to celebrate the World Braille Day on Monday 6 January 2020, in the main library entrance The exhibition will include a collection of braille books, periodicals, and some braille writing tools. For the first time, one of the patrons of Taha ...

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