The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) Rewards the BA

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It is an honor that this year the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is among seven architectural designs to receive the Aga Khan Architectural Award (AKAA), notable for having attained the highest international standards of architectural excellence, while reflecting the values of the Muslim societies the ...

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An Asteroid Named after the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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The Czech Astronomical Society (CAS) held a ceremony in the city of Havlickuv Brod in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, 13 October 2004, on the occasion of the approval of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to give the name Biblialexa , after the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, to asteroid (minor ...

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Chinese Delegation at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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The Chinese Muslim Association, headed by Haj Ishag Shiao Chi Ma, Grand Imam of the Taipei Grand Mosque, and Haj Dawood Kuo An Ni, Chairman of the Chinese Muslim Association, donated a collection of books to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) during a visit on Sunday, 21 November 2004. The delegation ...

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