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The BA Hosts the Closing Ceremony of “The World's Largest Painting” with the Participation of Egyptian and Japanese Schoolchildren

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Plaza hosted a grand celebration to unveil the “World's Largest Painting,” created by students from Egyptian Japanese schools (EJS) in collaboration with children from Japan. The event was jointly organized by the Japanese Earth Identity Project and the Bibliotheca ...

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The BA Mourns Renowned Director Daoud Abdel Sayed

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina mourns the passing of one of Egypt's and the world's leading figures in the arts, renowned director Daoud Abdel Sayed, who passed away today, Saturday, 27 December 2025. On behalf of the Library administration and staff, Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca ...

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The BA Takes Part in the Seventh "Derasat" Forum in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Dr. Mahmoud Ezzat, Director of its Center for Strategic Studies, took part in the opening of the Seventh Derasat Forum, which is organized and hosted by the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies "Derasat" in the ...

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Launching "Reviving the Memory of Alexandria" Event at the BA

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina launched this morning "Reviving the Memory of Alexandria - Heritage and Reflection", an event held by the UNESCO Regional Office for Egypt and Sudan, in cooperation with Alexandria Governorate, the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, and the ...

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“HW Carnival” at the BA

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is proud to host the national “HW Carnival”, an event promoting electronics and hardware design in collaboration with IEEE SSCS AlexSB – Alexandria University. The event features inspiring technical sessions and discussions, hands-on workshops ...

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