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An Open Discussion among Librarians

“An Open Dialogue Among Librarians” took place on 12 November 2001 at the premises of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, delivered an address at the inaugural session, in which he presented the history of the Ancient Library, the role of ...

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Exhibition for Hellenic Books Donated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Bibliotheca Alexandrina - in collaboration with the Greek Euro-dimension Limited - will hold an exhibition for the Euro-dimension donations on 4 November 2001. Euro-dimension is a cultural foundation, which specializes in prints and quality publications and, in particular, special editions ...

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Ismail Serageldin Chairs an International Committee for Reducing the Scientific Gap

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, departed from Cairo heading to Amsterdam to chair an international committee for diminishing the scientific gap between the developed world and the developing countries. The Committee was established after the meeting held in Tokyo in ...

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina …. A discovery of the Alexandrian Art

Bibliotheca Alexandrina held an exhibition that included a very special collection of the acquisitions of the Faculty of Fine Arts"" Museum, University of Alexandria. The exhibition was considered the first of its kind to be held in Egypt. It aimed at reviving the Alexandrian art and ...

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A Program for Developing the Artistic Sense of Children

Bibliotheca Alexandrina holds a program for developing the artistic sense of children. To that end, the Library is hosting school children to teach them plastic arts, theatre, music and cinema. Children will attend lectures by a number of specialists in the above mentioned fields, such as Dr. ...

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