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The Closing Day of “Pharos Symposium” at the BA

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) organized the closing day of the "Pharos Symposium" workshop on Thursday, 17 April 2025, in collaboration with the University of Toulon in France, Alexandria University, and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. It was held under the ...

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“Alexandria Symposium” Discusses the Unique History of Alexandria and the Role of the Mediterranean as a Cradle of Civilizations

On Sunday, 23 February 2025, the BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) organized an event entitled "The Alexandria Symposium", in cooperation with the Embassy of Denmark in Cairo and a group of Danish cultural centers in the Mediterranean capitals. The event included a series ...

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BA Workshop as Part of the “Enhancing Ocean Heritage Governance in Egypt’s Exclusive Economic Zone” Project

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med), in collaboration with Alexandria University and the University of Edinburgh in the UK, organized the first workshop within the project "Enhancing Ocean Heritage Governance in Egypt's Exclusive Economic Zone" on Tuesday, 28 January ...

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The BA Releases The History of the British in Alexandria

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) has released its latest book The History of the British in Alexandria , by Dr. Carole Escoffey. The presence of British people in Alexandria can be traced back to Elizabethan times, with merchants and pilgrims making the long, perilous ...

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Revival of a Legend

Members of the original team from the Norwegian Architecture firm Snøhetta return to Alexandria to tell the story behind designing and building the new Library of Alexandria through a ceremony organized by the BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med), Academic Research Sector, ...

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