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The First Lady calls for reducing the Digital Divide

Alexandria, 10 November 2005— The World Summit on the Information Society ‘WSIS’ Pre-conference “Libraries – The Information Society in Action” was inaugurated today by Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt and Chair of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Board of Trustees. The WSIS ...

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Reception for the Italian Grant

Alexandria, 9 November 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is hosting a reception 10 November to mark the launch of a grant presented from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with UNESCO. The Grant, which is presented to the BA within the framework of a multi-bilateral ...

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The First Lady inaugurates WSIS pre-conference

Alexandria, 9 November 2005— Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt and Chair of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Board of Trustees, will inaugurate the World Summit on the Information Society ‘WSIS’ Pre-conference “Libraries – The Information Society in Action”, taking place at the ...

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Egyptian and German concerts during November

Alexandria, 7 November 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Center is organizing a cultural and musical program for November. A number of musical concerts will be featured throughout the program, such as “Art and Myth in Ancient Greece”, presented in cooperation with Ecume Association on 13 ...

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Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning

Alexandria, 1 November 2005— The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is hosting a meeting and workshop on information literacy and lifelong learning, from 6-9 November, where 40 information literacy and lifelong learning experts from all six major geographic regions of the world will convene to develop ...

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