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The BA Celebrates the Launch of a New Book on Ibn Khaldun and the Mediterranean During the Fourteenth Century

Alexandria— As part of the BA's celebration marking its fifth anniversary, the BA will hold a festivity on Thursday, 12 July 2007, in cooperation with Fundacion El Legado Andalusi in Spain, National Council for Culture, Arts, and Heritage in Qatar, and the Arab League Educational, Cultural and ...

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Ambassador Hagar Islambouly Assumes Office as Head of the BA External Relations Sector

Alexandria— Ambassador Hagar Abdel-Hamid Islambouly assumed office as Head of the BA External Relations Sector, following a long journey of accomplishments and achievements in her former posts, last of which was her post as former Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Americas; and later ...

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Challenge and Development Prospects in Sudan in a Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Dialogue Forum will hold on Saturday, 7 July 2007, a seminar entitled "Sudan: Challenges and Development Prospects in the Nile Valley", by Dr. Bashir El-Bakri, Former Sudan Ambassador in Paris and Dr. Eglal Raafat, Professor of Political Sciences, Faculty of Economics and ...

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The BA Celebrates the Anniversary of the Pioneer Poet Ahmed Shawky's Death

Alexandria— As part of the BA celebration of its fifth anniversary, the BA will hold a cultural festivity in October to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Ahmed Shawky. On the fringe lines of the festivity, the BA will issue Shawky's complete works on the internet for the first time, as well as a ...

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina and IBM Egypt Launch the Great Sphinx Visualization Project

Alexandria— Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) will host the launch of the Great Sphinx Visualization project on 2 July 2007. The project is a result of mutual collaboration between BA and IBM based on research work conducted at IBM Center for Advanced Studies in Cairo. IBM Center studied the effect of ...

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