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Portuguese delegation visits the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, 31 March 2005— Mr. Antonio Monteiro, the Former Foreign Minister of Portugal, heading a delegation, visited the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, on 30 March 2005. Accompanied by Ambassador Taher Khalifa, Head of External Relations Sector at BA, the delegation toured BA and its affiliated ...

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Exploring Signed Manuscripts in a conference at BA

Alexandria, 30 March 2005— The Manuscript Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing an international conference, 26-28 April 2005, under the theme of Signed Manuscripts . The conference seeks to showcase the vast array of rare Arabic manuscripts which bear autographs of eminent ...

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Empowering the visually impaired at the Taha Hussein Library

Alexandria, 30 March 2005— Within the context of the cultural services offered by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) to its visitors, a new training program on how to use computer programs available at BA has been organized for the visually-impaired children and young people, in collaboration with Al ...

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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina back from the London Book Fair

Alexandria, 29 March 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) returned from participating at the London Book Fair, 13-15 March 2005. During the Fair, the Library of Alexandria, in association with the UK Friends of the Alexandria Library, introduced its cultural achievements to the Fair’s visitors. ...

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Youth Employment Summit Campaign and Youth Employment Network announce a new partnership

Alexandria, 28 March 2005— Within the international youth movement and global response to meeting the challenges of youth unemployment, an international partnership was announced between the Youth Employment Summit (YES) Campaign and the Youth Employment Network (YEN) initiatives. The YES ...

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