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Former Iranian President Mohamed Khatami Speaks on "Dialogue of Civilizations" at the BA

Alexandria— the Former Iranian President Mohamed Khatami will give a lecture at the BA entitled "Dialogue of Civilizations" on Tuesday, 27 March 2007, as part of the BA's endeavors to support the theory of dialogue of civilizations. Khatami, who studied western philosophy, is a great political ...

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University Governance: "A Key to Effective Higher Education Reform in Egypt"

Alexandria— the BA in cooperation with Ford Foundation is organizing during the period from 26-28 March 2007 a conference entitled " University Governance: "A Key to Effective Higher Education Reform in Egypt". The conference is designed to bring together leading experts from Egypt, the Arab ...

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A Delegation from the University of California-Davis Visited Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria— A delegation from the University of California-Davis top management, headed by Dr. Kais Menoufy and Dr. Suad Joseph, general editor of the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Culture (EWIC), visited the BA on 20 March 2007. The delegation met with Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the ...

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The American Chemist Roald Hoffmann Compares Sciences to Arts in a Seminar at the BA

Alexandria— The BA organized a very distinguished seminar on Monday, 19 March 2007, entitled "One culture: Communalities and Differences between the Arts and the Sciences", by Prof. Roald Hoffman, an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The seminar was chaired ...

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The Peace Studies Institute Launches a Campaign on Banning Cluster Bombs

Alexandria— Ambassador Ali Maher, Director, Peace Studies Institute, affiliated to The Suzanne Mubarak Women for Peace Movement (SMWPM), spoke on the damages and hazardous risks facing civilians as a result of the use of cluster bombs, majority of which do not explode instantly, but remain for ...

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