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Yerma in a Play Reading at the BA

Alexandria— The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in English on Wednesday, 10 June 2009. Participants will read Yerma by Federico García Lorca. Written in 1934, Yerma is the story of a woman slowly driven mad by her inability to understand why she cannot have a ...

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Etlala Forum hosted at the BA

Alexandria— As of June 2009, the BA will host Etlala Alexandrian Literary Forum. Etlala is an unofficial literary gathering that was launched in 2002 in Alexandria. The Forum is not affiliated to a specific institution nor follows a certain ideology. Run by its own members, it aims to highlight ...

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Dialogue Forum Seminar Discusses Obama’s Administration and Speech to the Islamic World

Alexandria— The BA Dialogue Forum organized a Seminar on 6 June 2009 entitled “Obama’s Administration and the Middle East”. It hosted Dr. Mustafa Elwy, Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, and Member of the Shura (Consultative) Council, and was moderated by Dr. Hesham Sadeq, ...

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Launching The Big Read Website

Alexandria— The BA Library Sector, together with the Information and Communication Technology Sector, has launched a special bilingual website about the Big Read Egypt/U.S. project. The website presents the three American novels of the Big Read : To kill a Mockingbird , Fahrenheit 45 1, and ...

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Lectures at the BA Celebrating the World Environmental Day

Alexandria— Under the auspices of General Adel Labib, Governor of Alexandria, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Bank Public Information Center (PIC)- BA Depository Library are organizing a celebration of the World Environment Day (WED). The theme of WED 2009 is “Your ...

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