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The Chairman of Shanghai Library Visits the BA

Alexandria — the BA will receive on Thursday, 14 September 2006 Mr. Shao Minhua, Chairman of Shanghai Library and his accompanying delegation. Ambassador Taher Khalifa, Head of the BA External Relations Sector, will accompany the delegation in a tour of the Library, its affiliated exhibitions ...

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Resolution of Conflicts and the Culture of Peace in the Arab World

Alexandria — the BA Dialogue Forum Center is organizing on 13 and 14 September a workshop entitled “Resolution of Conflicts and the Culture of Peace in the Arab World”. The workshop is an initiative to strengthen the culture of peace in the Arab World, and a step towards a comprehensive peace ...

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A Revolution in Publishing Led by the BA and the Egyptian Publishers Union

Alexandria — the BA launched a new project changing the nature of publishing in the Arab world. The project presents a new pattern of printing books on demand, through a print machine created in the USA. The machine will store books in their electronic form to be printed immediately upon the ...

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina celebrates hosting the Global Egyptian Museum

Alexandria— On 19 September 2006, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), will celebrate the signing of an agreement by which The Global Egyptian Museum (GEM), a web-based database currently containing over 11,000 objects from twelve museums in eleven European Countries, will be officially handed over ...

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A lecture by Mr. Jean-Paul Laborde

Alexandria— The BA will be hosting a lecture by Mr. Jean-Paul Laborde, Chief of the Terrorism Prevention Branch in UNODC on Thursday 14 September, 2006. Mr. Laborde will talk about the UN anti-terrorism strategy, and will discuss it with a group of law specialists, legislative experts, scholars ...

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