The BA Celebrates World Space Day
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized a celebration entitled "World Space Day", which featured the opening of a photo exhibition on Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and the screening of a film about his visit to Egypt in 1962.
The ceremony was inaugurated by Ms. Heba El-Rafey, Acting Head of the External Relations and Media Sector, on behalf of Prof. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
The day included the distribution of certificates to the children who participated in the space drawing competition, and witnessed a wreath laying ceremony at the statue of Yuri Gagarin inside the Library, followed by the screening of a Russian documentary at the Planetarium.