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Celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the Reading for All campaign at the BA

Alexandria, 17 July 2005— H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Chair of the Higher Committee of the Reading for All campaign and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Library of Alexandria, witnesses a festival celebrating the 15 th anniversary of the campaign’s launch at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 17 ...

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Launch of the Public Information Center at the BA

Alexandria, 12 July 2005— A new center entitled the Public Information Center (PIC), is to be launched by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) in collaboration with the World Bank. Tuesday, 19 July 2005, will witness the signing of the agreement by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca ...

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EU HR Javier Solana visits the BA

Alexandria, 11 July 2005— Mr. Javier Solana Madariaga, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (EU) and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, paid a visit to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) on 10 July 2005. During the visit, Mr. Solana toured the BA’s ...

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Changes to the International Summer Arts Festival outdoor events

Alexandria, 11 July 2005— In solidarity with the Egyptian public’s mourning over the loss of Ambassador Ihab Al-Sharif, Egypt’s ambassador-designate in Iraq, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has cancelled its outdoor events of the Fourth International Summer Arts Festival during the period from 10 to 12 ...

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Professor Osheroff explores superfluidity of liquid helium-3

Alexandria, 10 July 2005— Saturday, 9 July 2005 witnessed two lectures by Professor Douglas Osheroff, the 1996 Physics Nobel Laureate, and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University. In his first lecture, "So what really happens at absolute zero?", Professor Osheroff presented ...

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