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IMO Secretary-General Visits the BA

Mr. Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), visited the Bibliotheca Alexandrina yesterday, accompanied by a high-level delegation. The delegation was welcomed by Ms. Heba El Rafey, Acting Head of the BA External Relations and Media Sector, who took the ...

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Children's Library Activities Program for the Mid-Year Vacation 2025

The BA Children's Library is organizing the Reading Halls Activities and Workshops Program for the 2025 mid-year vacation. It is held from 19 January to 6 February and targets children aged 6 – 11. It features different interactive workshops on a variety of artistic, scientific, cultural, literary, ...

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Arabic Manuscripts and Documents Course

The BA Manuscripts Center and Museum is organizing a course entitled "Arabic Manuscripts and Documents.” It is a specialized course for inspectors at the Ministry of Antiquities’ General Directorate of Port Control. The course comes as part of a cooperation between the BA and the Egyptian Ministry ...

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Looking for Rifa'a at Sinnari House

The BA Sinnari House in Cairo is organizing a screening of the film Looking for Rifa'a by Egyptian director and writer Salah Hashem, on Wednesday, 22 January 2025, at 6:00 pm. The film examines the personality and ideas of Rifa'a al-Tahtawy, one of the pioneers of Egypt's intellectual ...

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The BA Takes Part in Cairo International Book Fair 2025

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is taking part in the 56 th Cairo International Book Fair with two distinctive pavilions, one for sales and the other for display, giving visitors the opportunity to browse a rich collection of publications and purchase the Library’s latest releases. The fair runs from ...

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