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The Children’s Library Summer Program

Alexandria— The BA Children’s Library is organizing a summer program including a variety of activities for children. It gives children the opportunity to participate in storytelling, reading competitions and artistic workshops, in addition to computer and Heliographic courses, and lots of other ...

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Museum Education at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Antiquities Museum is organizing a program on museum education during the summer vacation from 25 June to 15 September 2009. The Program targets children and young people from 9 to 17 years old. The Program comprises workshops on museum education using different materials, ...

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Calligraphy Center Publishes the Third Issue of Abgadiyat

Alexandria— The BA Calligraphy Center has published the third issue of Abgadiyat , a scientific refereed annual journal specialized in calligraphy, writing and inscriptions. In its 198 pages, the issue includes seven researches in Arabic, two book reviews of the latest BA publications, three ...

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Beirut Arab University Grants Serageldin Honorary Doctoral Degree

Alexandria— Beirut Arab University (BAU) will grant Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, an honorary doctoral degree, honoris causa , in Arts during its annual graduation ceremony that will be held for the first time at the Debbieh campus on Thursday, 25 June 2009. This ...

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Cairo Salon Discusses American Literature

Alexandria— In this week’s episode of “Cairo Salon” TV Show, aired on Channel One every Friday at 8:00 pm, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, will discuss the traits of American Literature. Dr. Serageldin will host a number of eminent specialists from the English ...

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