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Four Arab Countries Win the Alexandria Horus Award for Arabic Narrative

Mounir Oteiba, supervisor of the BA Narrative Review, has announced that creative writers from four Arab countries (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, and Sudan) have been awarded the 2014 Alexandria Horus Award for Arabic Narrative (First Round - Novel). The first round of the Alexandria Horus Award for ...

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600 Arabic, English, and French BA Publications at the Cairo International Book Fair

The BA is taking part in the Cairo International Book Fair this year with over 600 books, from the twelve BA research centers, on different topics and specializations. These topics vary between Biotechnology, Literature, History, Documents, and Manuscripts. The BA released two books to the public ...

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The BA Organizes Mid-Year Workshops for Youth

In keeping with the BA’s belief in the importance of environmental awareness among youth, as well as enhancing their scientific thinking abilities, the BA Environmental Studies Center is organizing several workshops and field trips to ecological regions during the mid-year vacation, from 26 January ...

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Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theater: Call for Participation

The BA Arts Center is announcing a call for participation in the Alexandria International Festival for Contemporary Theater (First Edition), which will be held from 2–7 May 2015. This event is a new medium with which the BA can introduce international contemporary theater performances to local ...

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Papyrus Through the Ages: An Introduction to Papyrology (Inscriptions and Writings)

As part of the cooperation between the BA and the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale), the BA Writings and Calligraphy Center is organizing a one-day workshop titled “Papyrus Through the Ages: An Introduction to Papyrology” on Monday, 23 ...

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