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The BA Celebrates the Millennium of Ibn Al-Haytham’s Book of Optics

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organizes a webinar on Thursday, 8 April 2021, in celebration of the millennium of Al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham’s Book of Optics . Having contributed to the invention of the modern-day camera, this seminal book presented the principles of empirical research, and placed ...

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The BA Organizes an Online Course on the “Critical Publishing of Historical and Geographical Texts”

The BA Manuscripts Center organizes a free, intensive online course titled “Critical Publishing of Historical and Geographical Texts”, delivered by Dr. Ayman Fouad Said, Manuscripts Expert and Professor of Islamic History and Civilization. The course takes place on 22 and 23 March 2021. To view the ...

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“Muslims’ Use of Printing” in a Webinar at the BA

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organizes a webinar entitled “Muslims’ Use of Printing: The Problems and Selection Approach” on Monday, 29 March 2021, at 11:00 am. It will be delivered by Dr. Hussein Suleiman, Head of the Academic Studies Section at the BA Manuscripts Center. The lecture will examine ...

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The BA Organizes a Webinar on “Arabic in the Time of Epidemics”

In celebration of the World Arabic Language Day, the BA Manuscripts Center, in cooperation with the Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, organizes a webinar entitled “The Creativity of the Arabic Language in the Time of Epidemics.” The event includes a series of lectures delivered by a host ...

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“Illusions in Arabic Heritage” at the BA

The BA Manuscripts Center organizes a webinar entitled “Illusions in Arabic Heritage”, delivered by Dr. Hussein Suleiman, Head of the Academic Studies Section at the BA Manuscripts Center, on Monday, 8 March 2021, at 11:00 am. The webinar will tackle some of the prevalent ideas and terms used ...

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