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The BA Organizes "Hidden Glimpses of Selim Hassan's Life" Seminar

On the occasion of the selection of Dr. Selim Hassan as the personality of the 55 th Cairo International Book Fair, the Alexandria National Museum held on Saturday, 10 February 2024, a seminar entitled “Hidden Glimpses of the Life of Selim Hassan”, in collaboration with the BA Writing and Scripts ...

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The BA Organizes the 15^th Competition for Alexandria School Students

The BA Writing and Scripts Center is organizing the 15 th Arabic Calligraphy Competition for Alexandria school students. The competition is held annually between students from the three stages of education (primary, preparatory and secondary). Winners will be awarded special prizes from the BA, in ...

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The BA Organizes a Lecture on the Origin and Dissemination of Cuneiform Writing

The BA Writing and Scripts Center organizes a lecture entitled “The Origin and Dissemination of Cuneiform Writing”, delivered by Prof. Farouk Ismail, former Professor of Semitic Languages and Civilizations of the Ancient East at the Free University of Berlin. The lecture is held on Thursday, 26 ...

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Hieroglyphs for Beginners Shortlisted for Gamal Hamdan Award for Translation

The National Center for Translation announced that the book Hieroglyphs for Beginners: A Revolutionary Approach , published by the BA Writing and Scripts Center, has been shortlisted for the Gamal Hamdan Award for Translation in the Field of Humanities and Social Sciences (2022/2023). The book is ...

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“Hieroglyphs in the 21^st Century” in a Conference at the BA

The BA Writing and Scripts Center, in cooperation with the Institut français d'archéologie Orientale (IFAO) and the Champollion Museum in Figeac, is preparing to organize a conference and an exhibition entitled “Hieroglyphs in the 21 st Century”, in celebration of the bicentenary of the ...

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