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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina: A Guest of Honor at the Sharjah Book Fair

In recognition of the importance of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina inauguration, the Library was a guest-of-honor at the Sharjah World Book Fair. Dr. Khaled Azab, BA Media Consultant, represented the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. During the book fair, a documentary film of the inauguration was displayed, ...

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Opening of the Antiquities Museum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The Antiquities Museum at the BA shall be officially opened to the public beginning on 1st January 2003 for the first time since the official inauguration of the library on the 16th October 2002. The Antiquities Museum is considered to be a cultural window on the ancient civilizations that the land ...

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A Finnish Donation

Dr. Ahmed El-Hattab, Head, Arab-Finnish Friends Association, visited our Library. The Association is in Helsinki and founded since 1963. Dr. Ahmed El-Hattab, on behalf of the Association, donated a complete set of the annual magazine the Association is issuing since 1976, including the magazine""s ...

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Agreement of cooperation with Dar El Helal

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, BA and the great author Mr. Makram Mohamed Ahmed, Chairman, Dar el-Helal Institution, celebrated the signing of an agreement to store on CDs El Helal magazine. The project will be completed within one year at Bibliotheca Alexandrina and will include the issues ...

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Panamanian Donation

H.E. Mr. Ricardo Martinelli, Minister of the Panama Canal , and Ambassador Ramiro Ulisas Batista visited the BA on Monday, 2 December 2002, with Mr. Leo Gonzalaz, Vice-Minister for the Panama Canal and Prof. Kevin Harrington, Advisor, to present a special collection of books about Panamanian ...

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