15/08/2003
After a year in which we did not add any news to the website, we are happy to announce that the website is active once more. Ismail Serageldin had such a busy year with the launch of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and its formal inauguration on 16 October 2002, that we did not receive any material from him.
18/02/2003
|
Alexandria
Serageldin today delivered the keynote address to the society of Toxicology. Rather than look just at the important work done in this field for environmental and human safety, Serageldin also highlighted some unusual risks associated with current research and the importance that scientists like the participants should engage in the discussions of the society at large on everything from ethics to legislation.
10/02/2003
|
Alexandria
Serageldin received today an important decoration by the French Government, he is now an officer of the order of Arts and Letters. This order, created by President De Gaulle at the recommendation of eminent intellectual and minister of culture Andre Malraux, is intended to parallel the more famous “Légion d’Honneur”.
03/07/2002
|
Alexandria
The Bibliotheca Alexandrinas summer festival of the arts soon to be joined by an active book fair and cultural program of lectures started with excellent attendance. About 900 to a 1000 persons attended the open air concert of the works of Omar Khairat played by the BAs own orchestra under the baton of maestro Sherif Mohie Eldin.
30/06/2002
|
Alexandria
Addressing the closing session of a three-day event on Poverty and human dignity, Ismail Serageldin spoke eloquently of the responsibility of the better off to think of the poor and to combat poverty. The event, a true North/South dialogue organized by Cairo University and its European partners, held its opening and closing sessions at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
24/06/2002
|
Alexandria
At the invitation of Mamdouh Beltagy, Egypts Minister of tourism, international figures spent two days in intensive discussion on tourism strategy, globally and regionally. Among the eminent participants were Mauricio Ricuppero of UNCTAD and Francisco Frangialli of the WTO. Ismail Serageldin addressed the group on the issues of tourism and the problem of public goods.
29/05/2002
|
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Distinguished Professor Ismail Serageldin has just completed a series of four public lectures in two days. The richly illustrated series took the students onto the different realms of development theory and practice, starting from the issues of water and agriculture and ending with issues of culture and development.
11/05/2002
|
Cairo
The national translation project of Egypt has just issued a translation into Arabic of Serageldin's monograph on the Modernity of Shakespeare. Initial comments from the Egyptian intelligentsia register surprise that Serageldin could be publishing in so many fields, and at such a high level of scholarship in each of them.
24/04/2002
|
Alexandria
The Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina met with the Director and adopted the proposed statutes of the Library. They also inspected the many museums, galleries and halls and met with the representatives of the donors and friends. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, chair of the Board, thanked them all for their efforts and their continuing support for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The
18/04/2002
|
Cairo
The Internet Archive of California, USA and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) of Alexandria, Egypt today announced a new partnership to promote the distribution of digital material to all researchers. Brewster Kahle, the founder and CEO of the Internet Archives made a most generous donation valued at $5 million ...
14/04/2002
|
Cairo
The President of Egypt today announced the postponement of the inauguration of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), the new Library of Alexandria, from its planned date of April 23, 2002 to a yet unspecified date. The president explained that given the dramatic circumstances in the region and the death of suffering of so many and the mourning and grief that were so generalized, it would be inappropriate for festivities and fireworks, for whatever reason.
05/04/2002
Science magazine today published an essay by Ismail Serageldin who called for scientists to take up the cause of justice and the environment. He wrote eloquently of the need to abolish hunger and to reduce the growing divide between rich and poor.
26/03/2002
|
Alexandria
The Egyptian libraries association conference, opened its proceedings with honors to a number of individuals, starting with their host, Ismail Serageldin , the new Librarian of Alexandria. This was the 6th National Conference for Librarians and Information Specialists, with the theme of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Window of Egypt on the World.
23/03/2002
|
Alexandria
The Conference and exhibition, was held by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in cooperation with the Association of Ferdinand de Lesseps for the Suez Canal. The exhibition was about the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, with facsimile pictures of that important event.
19/03/2002
|
Alexandria
At the conclusion of the international biotech conference Federico Mayor and Philippe Demarescaux of Biovision declared a new partnership with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) to hold alternating year events. Biovision, Europes largest forum for the life sciences, holds an international gathering every two years. The BA would therefore follow up on its event every two years on an alternating schedule.
16/03/2002
|
Alexandria
The conference Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North, under the auspices of Dr. Yousef Wali Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt, was well attended. Participation included many international figures of prominence such as the Secretary general of OECD, and Federico Mayor, Gordon Conway, Rudy Rabbinge, Marc van Montagu, and Magdy Madkour, Adel Beltagy, Jennifer Thompson, and Ismail Serageldin among other notables.
04/03/2002
|
Alexandria
The international conference Architecture and Heritage as a Paradigm for Knowledge and Development closed today with a major address by the Host and chairman Ismail Serageldin. The conference was organized by the Work Program on Architecture and Heritage for Region V for the UIA in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
03/03/2002
|
Alexandria
A special meeting of concerned scholars was organized at the BA by the Alexandria Governorate, UNESCO and the Alexandria community to address the preservation of Alexandria's architectural heritage.
15/02/2002
|
Boston, Mass
Ismail Serageldin brought an audience of about 1700 scientists to their feet after delivering a passionate address on the role of science in addressing the problems of world poverty and hunger. Serageldin's keynote address to the AAAS was heavily illustrated with forceful images that reinforced his message of humanity and hope.
20/01/2002
|
Kuwait
AFESD HQ were the venue where Ismail Serageldin delivered his special address on the challenges of the global revolution and the need for the Arab world to make major changes to adapt to it. The hard-hitting address was very well received by the select audience who attended the event.