At a celebration held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), together with the Embassy of Egypt in Paris and the Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Association, to mark the 10th Anniversary of the Bibliotheca Alexandria (BA) Serageldin gave a talk entitled La bibliothèque hier et aujourd''hui. The roundtable at the BnF brought together the main participators in the recreation of the role of the Library as a crossroads of culture, and featured three films on the BA since the historical meeting in Aswan, on February 12,1990, where Heads of State and world dignitaries signed the Aswan Declaration for the Revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria.