The Academic Freedom conference hosted by the BA

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Alexandria, 15 September 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted the "Academic Freedom Conference: Problems and Challenges in Arab and African Countries", organized by the UNESCO Forum Regional Scientific Committee for Arab States in cooperation with the Arab and African Research Center in Cairo ...

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United Nations online databases at the BA

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Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) has currently adopted a new service that provides access to UN online databases. This is in addition to the BA’s being a depository library for the UN system where it maintains a comprehensive archival collection of the documents and ...

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Arabic Calligraphy Seminar and Exhibition

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Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Calligraphy Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a seminar, on the different types of Arabic calligraphy, 15 September in the Auditorium at 12 pm. It features artists Ahmed El-Beshly, specialist in Arabic handwriting at the Calligraphy School ...

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Einstein in Egypt conference

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Alexandria, 14 September 2005— The Einstein in Egypt conference, organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), 18-20 September, is the second part of the Einstein trilogy. It comes within the BA’s goal of promoting science and research in Egypt. Research in relativity began in Egyptian ...

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Young Experimenters at the BA

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Alexandria, 12 September 2005— Sunday, 11 September, witnessed “The Young Experimenter” event, organized by the Exploratorium at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). The event featured various workshops in the BA Plaza, where visitors took part in performing the different scientific and practical ...

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