News

Conference on digital language concluded at the BA

Alexandria, 7 th December— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted the International Conference on the Convergence of Knowledge, Culture, Language and Information Technologies, which concluded its sessions, Saturday 6 th of December.           Dr. Tarcisio G. Della Senta, President of the ...

Read more

First Digital Calligraphy CD Published by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, 2 nd December—In a first incident of cooperation between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Zayed Heritage Institute (UAE), the Calligraphy Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina published a thousand captions of Arabic calligraphic fonts in digitized form.  In a statement Dr. ...

Read more

Bibliotheca Alexandrina recorded a Rare Lunar Eclipse

Lunar eclipses are among nature’s most fascinating phenomena. On the morning of Sunday 9 November , a rare total lunar eclipse was visible in Africa, Europe, the Americas, and most of Asia. Egypt was one of the most favorable places to observe the eclipse where all the eclipse stages were ...

Read more

Dr. Ismail Serageldin Vice President of the Third World Academy for Science

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, was elected as vice president of the Third World Academy for Science. This Academy is considered to be one of the renowned international science academies. It also includes a selection of prominent scientists from different third world countries. The ...

Read more

The BA will monitor a total lunar eclipse

New Page 1     On the morning of November 9, Egypt will witness one of the most fascinating natural phenomena, a total lunar eclipse.  The Moon will enter Earth’s umbra at about 01:30 Cairo local time.  The eclipse will also be visible in Europe, Africa , most of Asia and the Americas.      ...

Read more