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6^th Min Fat Ademoh Tah (He Who Abandons His Past is Lost) Festival at Sinnari House

Sinnari House is preparing for the 6 th round of the annual Min Fat Ademoh Tah (He Who Abandons His Past is Lost) Festival, which specializes in supporting traditional crafts and folk arts. This year’s festival is going to be held at Sinnari House on 1 September 2016. The festival aims to present ...

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Special Issue of Memory of Egypt Explores the Concept and Rituals of Death

The BA has issued the 26 th issue of 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 issue ...

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“Nabataean Script” Course at the BA in Cooperation with King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

The BA Manuscripts Center, in cooperation with King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, organized a course on “Nabataean Script”. The course was held from 7 to 11 August 2016, and it was organized within the framework of executing the scientific cooperation agreement between the King ...

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Ali El Haggar, Omar Khairat, and Massar Egbari at the 14^th International Summer Festival

As part of the 14 th International Summer Festival, the BA Arts Center is organizing several concerts for the upcoming week. These concerts are going to starts on Friday, 12 August with a Black Theama Band concert at 8:30 pm, the BA Open Air Theater. On Saturday, 13 August, the BA Open Air Theater ...

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BA Closes the Reading Area on the B4 Level for Maintenance

Due to maintenance work, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina announces that the reading area on the B4 level (Generalities, Periodicals, References, and the Maps Library) will be temporarily closed to the public, except for the Closed Stacks and the Photocopy Center’s services, starting from Thursday, 11 ...

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