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

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

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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Distinguished Visit of H.E. Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic to the BA

A high profile delegation, headed by H.E. Mr. Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (Greece), visited the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) on Friday, 26 November 2004. Ambassador Taher Khalifa, Head of the External Relations Sector at the BA, received the delegation and ...

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Chinese Delegation at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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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Anna Lindh Foundation and its Call for Candidates

Dr. Traugott Schofthaler, Executive Director of the Anna Lindh EuroMediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, has arrived to begin setting up the Foundation, which is scheduled to start functioning within a few months. The Foundation, to be established in Alexandria and hosted by ...

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