bibliotheca alexandrina
Title | bibliotheca alexandrina PDF eBook |
Author | zahi hawass |
Publisher | American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | 172 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Alexandria (Egypt) |
ISBN | 9789773053260 |
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Hands Around the Library
Title | Hands Around the Library PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Leggett Abouraya |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2012-08-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1101647248 |
The inspiring true story of demonstrators standing up for the love of a library, from a New York Times bestselling illustrator In January 2011, in a moment that captured the hearts of people all over the world, thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators surrounded the great Library of Alexandria and joined hands, forming a human chain to protect the building. They chanted "We love you, Egypt!" as they stood together for the freedom the library represented. Illustrated with Susan L. Roth's stunning collages, this amazing true story demonstrates how the love of books and libraries can unite a country, even in the midst of turmoil.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Title | Bibliotheca Alexandrina PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Kotobarabia.com |
Total Pages | 103 |
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The New Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Title | The New Bibliotheca Alexandrina PDF eBook |
Author | Mohsen Zahran |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria
Title | The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria PDF eBook |
Author | Mostafa El-Abbadi |
Publisher | UNESCO |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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A thoroughly researched study on the history of both the Museum and the Alexandria Library, showing the important role they played in the transmission of Greco-roman civilization. The tragic fate of both institutions have long been of great fascination for both writers and readers.
Return to Alexandria
Title | Return to Alexandria PDF eBook |
Author | Beverley Butler |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2016-07 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1315420848 |
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was launched with great fanfare in the 1990s, a project of UNESCO and the Egyptian government to recreate the glory of the Alexandria Library and Museion of the ancient world. The project and its timing were curious—it coincided with scholarship moving away from the dominance of the western tradition; it privileged Alexandria’s Greek heritage over 1500 years of Islamic scholarship; and it established an island for the cultural elite in an urban slum. Beverley Butler’s ethnography of the project explores these contradictions, and the challenges faced by Egyptian and international scholars in overcoming them. Her critique of the underlying foundational concepts and values behind the Library is of equal importance, a nuanced postcolonial examination of memory, cultural revival, and homecoming. In this, she draws upon a wide array of thinkers: Freud, Derrida, Said, and Bernal, among others. Butler’s book will be of great value to museologists, historians, archaeologists, cultural scholars, and heritage professionals.
Egypt's Natural Heritage
Title | Egypt's Natural Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 188 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Egypt |
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