Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2017
Dr. Mustafa al-Fiqi, Director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), and Shihāb al-Dīn Ādam Shah, the charge d’affaires of Malaysia to Egypt, will inaugurate the exhibition “Faith and Power, Women in Islam” on Saturday, June 3, at 9:00p.m. at Bayt al-Sinnārī in Sayyida Zaynab.
The exhibition is a joint...
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2017
Egypt's National Center for Translation and Publishing is to held a symposium on “The relations between Europe and Islam: Differing Visions”, coming Thursday.
Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2016
Egyptian Minister of Culture, Helmī Al-Namnam, and Prof. Dr. `Abd al-Wahāb `Ezzat, President of the `Ain Shams University, inaugurated on Sunday, the book fair of the University's theme “Egypt, Land of Faiths”, in the framework of the University's concern to strengthen this highly developed culture...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Egypt's Minister of Culture, Helmī al-Namnam said that the National Center for Translation, alongside the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which is one of the most important cultural institutions in Egypt and in the Arab World, was established 20 years ago. He said that he was “pleased of the presence of a...
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2016
Nearly two thousand years ago, a woman and a man escaped with their child into Egypt for fear of murder. They lived their days in terror and anxiety for fear of being caught by ruthless men, ignoring the threat they faced by predators hounding their modest caravan, and hunger and cold swiping them...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 9, 2016
During the forum discussing just now the latest publication of the book entitled Churches In Egypt at Cairo's International Book Fair, Dr. Anwar al-Mughīth, director of the National Center For Translation (NCT), said that the book is indispensable material for the study of Egyptian history and a...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
In conjunction with the celebration of the Coptic Christmas on January 7, the National Center For Translation organizes a forum today, Tuesday, at 6 pm to discuss the recently published Arabic translation of the book entitled Churches In Egypt: From The Journey Of The Holy Family To The Present Day...
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2010
Should the One Thousand and One Nights be banned? A Cairo conference debates the issue. A number of Lawyers submitted a request to have the latest edition of the Thousand and One Nights banned because they viewed it as immoral. Intellectuals and cultural figures rally against this ban, upset by the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2009
At a gathering at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arab writers denounce censorship and restriction of freedom of expression.
Date of source: Friday, April 18, 2008
The National Center for Translation seeks to enrich the Arab library by translating books on modern sciences.