08/03/2007
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Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin welcomed good friend and world renowned architect, planner, activist, theoretician and a fundamental figure in the world-wide panorama of the contemporary architecture to the BA where he delivered a lecture on the language of architecture. Throughout the lecture, Correa covered a wide range of his works...
07/03/2007
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Alexandria
Film star and former UN Goodwill Ambassador came to the BA to speak about the role of the arts in community development. The talk was organized and hosted by the BA Friends Association. During his talk, Hussein Fahmy highlighted the importance of art in reflecting the reality of people and their aspirations in developing their community.
06/03/2007
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Alexandria
At a seminar at the BA, the World Bank African Development Indicators were launched by the World Bank Public Information Center. Serageldin chaired the session during which the report was presented Mr. Jorge Saba Arbache.
03/03/2007
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Alexandria
The BA organized and hosted the fourth conference on Arab reform issues with a special focus on women and human rights. Ismail Serageldin chaired both the opening and closing sessions of the conference in addition to a session on the role of social capital in reform.
22/02/2007
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Alexandria
In answer to the recurring requests by the students of the Alexandria University, Ismail Serageldin delivered a series of five lectures on American history and contemporary reality over the course of two days! Serageldin gave a lucid account of the epic transformation of a handful of colonial settlements into the world’s undisputed superpower forges a nation and a national character.
11/02/2007
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Nicosia
Ismail Serageldin attended the Board of Trustees meeting of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation (CREF) of which he is a board member. The meeting was chaired by H.E. President of the Republic Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos at the Presidential Palace.
06/02/2007
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Cairo
Ismail Serageldin gathered all the BA senior and junior managers for a two-day management retreat in Cairo, in which he delivered a number of presentations that ranged from staff attitude surveys to the Millennium Development Goals!
19/01/2007
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Tokyo
Ismail Serageldin visited Tokyo to meet with H.E. Mr. Taro Nakayama, the new Head of Japan’s delegation to the Japan Arab dialogue forum. Serageldin and Mr. Nakayama overviewed the agenda of the fifth meeting of the forum and discussed the proposed conference on Japan Arab relations scheduled to take place in November 2007 in Alexandria.
17/01/2007
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Trieste
Ismail Serageldin attended the first meeting of the TWAS Steering Committee. Members of the steering committee convened to overview the latest objectives and activities of the Academy.
16/01/2007
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Alexandria
Renowned Harvard Professor of Political Sciences, Robert Putnam delivered a talk at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on community involvement in America. The talk was moderated by Ismail Serageldin and was very well received by the audience.
13/12/2006
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New York
Ismail Serageldin was invited to a meeting hosted by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan with leading figures from life science, industry, government, international institutions and civil society at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
04/12/2006
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Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin delivered a lucid presentation on science in Egypt at the opening session of the InterAcademy Panel conference themed ''The Unity of Science'' hosted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
17/11/2006
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Alexandria
Gathered among many friends and family, Nevine and Ismail Serageldin celebrated their 40th Wedding anniversary with a dinner and reception. In a memorable speech, Ismail Serageldin said that forty years of marriage have gone by in a blink of an eye.
13/11/2006
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Istanbul
The Report of the High-level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations was presented to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and to Prime Ministers José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the final meeting of the High-level Group.
13/10/2006
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Nantes
Ismail Serageldin received an Honorary Doctorate from Nantes University in recognition of his efforts towards cultural development. The celebration heard a talk by Serageldin on the cultural, social, and scientific role of the Library of Alexandria.
04/10/2006
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Mumbai
The prestigious Jamnalal Bajaj Awards for this year were declared yesterday and will be conferred upon the recipients in a ceremony in November 2006. Ismail Serageldin will be honored for promoting Ghandian values outside India.
18/09/2006
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Alexandria
Under the auspices of H.E. Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and in collaboration with the Alexandria Governorate, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) held a conference to present the projects submitted for the development of the Eastern Harbor and the area surrounding the BA.
12/09/2006
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Kyoto
Ismail Serageldin joined some 600 leading scientists, policymakers, business executives and opinion leaders from 70 countries, regions and international organizations at the third annual meeting of the Science and Technology in Society forum. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, representing the Japanese government...
02/09/2006
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Angra doe Reis
Ismail Serageldin has been awarded the TWAS Medal on the occassion of the 10th general conference of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. Since 1996, the Academy has been awarding 'TWAS Medal Lectures' to some of its members in recognition of their achievements in their fields of research.