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Bibliothek Egypt responds to video criticizing sale of homosexual children books
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Bibliothek Egypt responds to video criticizing sale of homosexual children books

The Bibliothek Egypt library responded to a video of an Egyptian content creator talking about books with references to homosexuals…
British Council in Egypt releases free online library amid coronavirus outbreak
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British Council in Egypt releases free online library amid coronavirus outbreak

The British Council in Egypt has made its digital library available for free online starting Tuesday until September 1, after…
Video: Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai
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Video: Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai

At St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by…
Egypt reopens ancient St Catherine library to visitors after renovation
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Egypt reopens ancient St Catherine library to visitors after renovation

Following a three year restoration period, Egypt reopened earlier this week an ancient library that holds thousands of centuries-old historical…
Deadly shooting at library shakes New Mexico city
World

Deadly shooting at library shakes New Mexico city

A shooting inside a public library that killed two people and wounded four has deeply shaken an eastern New Mexico…
In a Norwegian Wood, a 22nd century library grows
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In a Norwegian Wood, a 22nd century library grows

Some will never know if their books were appreciated by readers, many of whom aren’t born yet. Every year for…
CNN: Artist Wafaa Bilal uses blank books to rebuild Baghdad’s war-torn university library
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CNN: Artist Wafaa Bilal uses blank books to rebuild Baghdad’s war-torn university library

At its height, the College of Fine Arts library at the University of Baghdad housed more than 70,000 books. From…
Amid army crackdown, Egypt’s richest library set on fire
Egypt

Amid army crackdown, Egypt’s richest library set on fire

A fire that engulfed the building of the historic Egyptian Scientific Institute on Saturday morning has been extinguished. The extent…
Artists find a new home in Al-Cabina
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Artists find a new home in Al-Cabina

Not so long ago, the space now colorfully occupied by the new Alexandrian cultural center Al-Cabina was a dump so…
Bibliotheca Alexandrina workers protest to dismiss director
Egypt

Bibliotheca Alexandrina workers protest to dismiss director

More than 1500 workers staged a protest on Wednesday outside the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, preventing the director, Ismail Serag…
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