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BA Opening Hours During Ramadan

On the occasion of the month of Ramadan, the BA opening hours will be from Saturday to Thursday, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Fridays are off. Regular opening hours will resume after the Feast (Eid al-Fitr). ...

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Diverse Activities at the Children’s and YP Libraries during Summer Vacation

The BA Children’s Library and Young People’s (YP) Library are organizing a number of diverse activities to be held during this year’s summer vacation, starting from June 2017. The activities of the Children’s Library will cater for 6–11 year old children and will include various cultural, artistic, ...

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Egyptian Team Wins at 2017 Intel ISEF

The Egyptian team that participated in the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)—which was held in Los Angeles (LA), California, USA from 13 to 18 May 2017—has won the Fourth Award in the Engineering Mechanics category. The winning students from Egypt are Dina Ahmed Abo ...

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BA Celebrates International Museum Day 2017

Within the framework of the 2017 International Museum Day (IMD), which is celebrated on 18 May each year, all BA museums will offer free entry to visitors today. On this occasion, the Manuscript museum had also organized a workshop titled: “Museums: The Memory of Peoples”. The workshop aimed to ...

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BA Hosts “Global Vision” IFLA Workshop

The BA and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) for Arabic-speaking countries are hosting the third regional workshop affiliated with the Global Vision initiative on Sunday and Monday, 21–22 May 2017. Glòria Pérez-Salmerón, IFLA President-elect; Gerald ...

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