Al Iskandariyah (Egypt)

Features: Planetary updates

The planetarium at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is not the world's largest, but a recent overhaul has given it the latest technology in the field. The Alexandria Library, or Bibliotheca Alexandrina, now boasts the latest in...

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World News:Arab Woman Stabbed in Court

October 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Arab World Captivated by Courtroom Death Murder Trial ABC's Lama Hasan reports from Egypt: In July this year, Marwa El Sharbini, an Egyptian woman living in Dresden with her husband and...

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Egypt universities students protests for Aqsa

The universities of Cairo, Alexandria, Mansoura and Minya witnessed student demonstrations on Monday against the recent storming of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli security forces. Campus security guards clashed with...

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Egypt strengthens position as top global offshoring destination

Egypt: Cairo has been recognized as one of the world's top ranking offshoring cities, ranking 7th in the latest 'Top 50 Emerging Outsourcing Cities' report conducted by Global Services-Tholons. [AMEInfo.com]

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Security fears prompt German orchestra to cancel Egypt concerts

Dresden, Germany - A prominent German orchestra has cancelled two concerts in Egypt out of security concerns related to a trial over the murder of an Egyptian woman. The Saxony State Orchestra confirmed Sunday it would not be...

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Evidence indicates Alexander the Great was not first at Alexandria

From ANI Washington, October 24: Researchers have come across evidence in the form of microscopic bits of pollen and charcoal in ancient sediment layers which indicate that Alexander the Great was not the first to settle the...

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A sea of festivity

As the Farah Al-Bahr Festival comes to Alexandria's Qaitbay Fort, Nader Habib joins the crowds out enjoying themselves The Greek troupe; mother and daughter flying kites; an arts student sketching scenes from the event;...

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International Advocates Gather in Alexandria to “Break the Silence” about Breast Cancer

Egypt and its historic Mediterranean seaport, Alexandria, will host the beginning of an extraordinary week of international events designed to bring breast cancer to the forefront of public discussion in the Middle East. Breast...

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Nektarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Pentapolis

Saint Nectarius was born in Selyvria of Thrace on October 1, 1846. After putting himself through school in Constantinople with much hard labour, he became a monk on Chios in 1876, receiving the monastic name of Lazarus; because...

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Oct. 16, 2002: Second Great Library Opens in Alexandria

2002: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is officially dedicated in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. It is a conscious attempt, even down to its Latin name, to recreate the Royal Library of Alexandria, the largest library in the...

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