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Adel Abou Zahra Award at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, 27 January 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina invites Egyptian civil society institutions and organizations to send in nominations for the Adel Abou Zahra Award (five thousand Egyptian pounds). The Award is for institutions and organizations, which within at least three years, ...

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Upgrades to 155 Mbps

Alexandria, 27 January 2005— In pursuing the goal of becoming a world-wide leading institution of the digital age, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has successfully upgraded its Internet connection bandwidth from 10 Mbps to 155 Mbps (STM1) in cooperation with Telecom Egypt and generous support from the ...

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Western Financing in the Middle East: A Conference at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, 27 January 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is hosting an international conference entitled Western Financing Flows towards the Middle East: the potential impacts on the socio-political and economic fields , 30-31 January 2005. The UT Phoenix Foundation is organizing the ...

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20^th Century Music at BA

Alexandria, 27 January 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Center is organizing a music concert entitled 20 th Century Music , by the BA Chamber Orchestra, on 29 January 2005. The Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Sherif Mohie Eldin, will present the works of Copland, Rota, Clain, Gamal Abdel ...

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A Lecture on the Ancient Egyptian Language

Alexandria, 25 January 2005— The Calligraphy Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is organizing a lecture on the Ancient Egyptian Language. Professor Abdel Halim Nureldin, Dean, Faculty of Archeology, El-Fayoum’s Branch of Cairo University; former Chairman of the Egyptian Monuments ...

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