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Dr. Serageldin in IFLA/FAIFE Satellite meeting

Alexandria, 17 August 2005— In conjunction with the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Oslo, Norway, 14-18 August 2005, a two-day seminar entitled “Documenting censorship—libraries linking past and present, and preparing for the future” was held in Oslo, 11-12 August, at the Nobel ...

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Lecture: Implementing the development goals of the 3^rd Millennium in Egypt

Alexandria, 17 August 2005— The Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a lecture on 20 August entitled “The development goals for the third millennium: An Egyptian viewpoint”. This is within the framework of the Center’s training program on ...

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Promoting the culture of peace among youth

Alexandria, 15 August 2005— Within the framework of “The Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement”, a project entitled “Peace Education among Youth” was initiated to help promote the culture of peace among youth. The project is coordinated by the “Egyptian Association for the Protection ...

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Recent donations to the BA

Alexandria, 10 August 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina has recently acquired several donations from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and from The Synod of Southern California and Hawaii (Presbyterian Church), USA. The collections comprise over 600 books in the fields ...

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Astronomy lecture at the BA

Alexandria, 9 August 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a scientific lecture, Wednesday, 10 August, at the Planetarium Scientific Center (PSC), entitled “From Alexandria to Darb El-Tibana”. It is one among a series of summer lectures on astronomy given by the astronomer, Omar ...

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