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Rediscovering Cities and Egypt’s Heritage in the Latest Issue of Memory of Egypt

The BA has published the 24 th issue of the Memory of Egypt magazine; a quarterly magazine published as part of the Memory of Modern Egypt project documenting Egypt’s modern and contemporary history. Young researchers and historians with various perspectives contribute to the magazine. This new ...

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Machine Readable Cataloging “MARC 21” (Part 1)

As part of the International Librarianship Training Program, the BA Educational Services Section is organizing a course titled “Machine Readable Cataloging “MARC 21” Part 1”. The Course includes an introduction to the rules of “MARC 21” and in-depth explanations of all its basic fields, subfields, ...

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Serageldin Takes Part in Cairo International Book Fair

Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the BA, delivered a lecture at the Cairo International Book Fair on his latest book, The Challenge: A Cultural Program to Reject Extremism and Violence . In his lecture, Dr. Serageldin pointed out that the tensions permeating the Arab regions have affected many ...

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BA Publishes The Silk Road Encyclopedia

The BA, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, is celebrating the Chinese Year in Egypt on the occasion of the Chinese president’s visit by publishing an encyclopedia titled The Silk Road . Written by Ashraf Abu-Zeid, the encyclopedia documents the most well-known travel roads ...

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Greek TV Station at the BA

A delegation from the Greek TV station Alpha TV visited the BA and conducted an interview with Dr. Sahar Hamouda, Director of the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, and Dr. Mohamed Awad, Adviser to the Director of the BA. The program filmed several touristic and cultural locations in ...

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