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The Third Phase of the Big Read Project: The Grapes of Wrath

Alexandria— The BA Library Sector announces the launch of the third phase of the Big Read: Egypt/US Project, focusing on the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Activities start on Thursday, 12 November 2009, by a screening of the film, script by Nunnally Johnson, produced by Darryl ...

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Renowned Academic Speakers in Darwin’s Living Legacy Conference at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), in partnership with the British Council, is to host 120 renowned academic speakers from over thirty countries worldwide, who will explore the role of the evolutionary science in a range of areas during the “Darwin’s Living Legacy” ...

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Plaza Films Premiere

Alexandria— The BA Arts Center is organizing a premiere screening of the Plaza Project on 11 November 2009. Plaza is a filmmaking project created by the Arts Center to support emerging filmmakers from Egypt by producing short narrative films that take place entirely in the BA Plaza. The idea ...

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Opening of the Legacy of Volta Exhibition

Alexandria— The Inaugural Ceremony of “The Legacy of Volta: From the Battery to Photovoltaic Electricity” Exhibition was held at the BA Auditorium on Monday, 9 November 2009. The Ceremony included opening speeches by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria; Engineer Hoda ...

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Ways to Disseminate Knowledge and Culture in Arabic and Armenian Literature in a Lecture at the BA

Alexandria— The BA External Relations Sector holds on Saturday, 7 November 2009, a Lecture entitled “A Quick Glimpse on Ways to Disseminate Knowledge and Culture in Arabic and Armenian Literature”, given by Dr. Kevork Bardakjian , Professor of Armenian Language and Literature, Far Eastern Studies ...

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