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Moustafa Elfeki Visits Khadija Palace in Helwan

Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the Library of Alexandria, visited Khadija Palace in Helwan (an offsite affiliated to the Library), and checked its communal and cultural activities, as well as its computer labs. He said that Khadija Palace had become a microcosm of the Library of Alexandria, and a ...

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The BA Organizes “Easy Reading” Session for Neo-Literate Adults

The BA Library Sector organizes an “Easy Reading” session for neo-literate adults on Monday, 7 December 2020, at 11:00 am. The session will tackle the famous story Romeo and Juliet, in a simplified way. “Easy Reading” sessions are dedicated to graduates of literacy and adult education classes, to ...

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The BA Receives GitHub Digital Archive

Believing in the importance of the digital preservation of heritage for future generations and in the necessity of giving access to knowledge for all humanity, the Bibliotheca Alexandria received a copy of the GitHub digital archive, becoming the third library around the world, after the Bodleian ...

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“Invisible Disabilities” in a Lecture at the BA

Coinciding with the International Day of Disabled Persons taking place every December, the BA Library Sector, in collaboration with Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Mental Health Secretariat (Egyptian Ministry of Health), organizes a lecture on “Invisible Disabilities” on Wednesday, 2 ...

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“The Art of Staying at Home” Exhibition

The BA Exhibitions and Collections Department launches an exhibition entitled “The Art of Staying at Home: Artists in the Time of Corona” on Tuesday, 8 December 2020, at 1:00 pm, in the BACC East and West Exhibition Halls. The exhibition is held in light of what the whole world has experienced ...

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