Higher education, with yoga Sep 6, 2008
the hotshot Norwegian architecture firm Snohetta, catapulted to international fame for its stunning, competition-winning designs of the Alexandria Library in Egypt and the Oslo Opera House in Norway, has been hired to design a performing-arts centre on a spectacular site on the shore of Lake Ontario within a stone's throw of the university campus. A 600-seat concert hall is planned along with facilities for Queen's performing-arts departments. (Globe and Mail)
/R E P E A T -- World Library and Information Congress 2008 - IFLA 2008 - Invitation to the Media/ Aug 10, 2008
Also attending the ceremony will be Ms. Marguerite Blais, Quebec Minister responsible for Seniors and representative of the Quebec Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women; Ms. Denise Trudel, representative of the mayor of Quebec City and councilor for the borough of Charlesbourg; and Claudia Lux, president of IFLA. At the opening ceremony, Universit; Laval will award an honorary doctorate to Mr. Ismael Serageldin, director of the prestigious Alexandria Library, and writer... (Canada Newswire)
In Egypt, Wikipedia is more than hobby Jul 21, 2008
Ahmed Tantawy, the technical director of IBM in the Middle East, spoke in the convention center of the new Alexandria Library and said, "Arabic content today is nothing," holding his fingers close together. "Do kids chat with each other in English or Arabic? Most likely Arabic, I think.". (International Herald Tribune)
Egypt with other singles! Jun 5, 2008
The Mediterranean city of Alexandria concludes the Egypt portion of the trip, with visits to the Alexandria Library, Pompeii's Pillar and the National Museum. Then onto Dubai for two relaxing days, there is time to explore this modern metropolis as well as experience desert life on a 4wd dunes tour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
As the Wood Turns, Beauty Emerges Jan 3, 2008
O Brien is originally from Newport, RI. For 42 years he worked as a librarian: for Newsweek in New York, Central Library in Chicago, as director of Cuyahoga County Library in Cleveland, as director of the Dallas Public Library, and in 1992 he came to Alexandria, where he recently retired as director of the Alexandria Library. He is married and has two grown daughters, who used to refer to their mother as a wood widow. (South County Chronicle, VA)
Online library gives readers access to 1.5 million books Nov 28, 2007
Scholars everywhere regret the destruction of the Alexandria Library at various points in history, and were willing to go to great lengths to see that no such destruction is ever possible in the future. Once books are on the Internet, they become immortal. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
The troubled and the beautiful Nov 17, 2007
Expect to see Prince Lorenzo Montesini, aka Prince Giustiniani, Count of the Phanaar, Knight of St Sophia and Baron Alexandroff, shining brightly on Tuesday night when he and photographer Susie Hagon (John Laws's stepdaughter) present a slide night at the Egyptian consulate in Surry Hills from their recent trip to the Alexandria Library. Montesini, pictured, and Hagon spent several weeks in Egypt documenting the people working within the famous institution, which Montesini has been a supporter... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Rolling back the centuries in Egypt's second city Nov 10, 2007
Alexandria Library (Biblotheca Alexandrina). . (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A quest concludes Aug 27, 2007
With Guster pumping on her MP3 player, we headed south past beaches devoid of swimsuit-clad women, the storied Alexandria Library and an empty Hilton Hotel. Arriving at a resort that was formerly a presidential palace, Mai walked me through its elegant yet empty dining rooms before heading outside. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Come for a spin at the Serpentine Aug 22, 2007
Thorsen s work for Sn;hetta such as Egypt s Alexandria Library and the recently abandoned Turner Contemporary gallery for Margate gently manipulates our perception of space. The same goes for Eliasson s projects, such as The Weather Project or Your Black Horizon, his collaboration with the architect David Adjaye in which the participant is submerged into a world dark save for a mesmerising horizon. (Times Online)
Letter From Egypt Aug 15, 2007
"In Egypt, you are where you swim," says Muhammad Awad, a historian and the director of the Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center at the Alexandria Library. "To find an exclusive beach is one of the few ways to escape the masses. The problem is, the crowds keep coming.". (International Herald Tribune)
DHL Participates in Torch Lighting and Torch Run Ceremony in Athens Jun 30, 2007
It will remain in the city for events at the Alexandria library and the Citadel before being transferred by road to Cairo. "DHL is committed to providing smooth transport of the flame around the globe by leveraging on our network of hubs and gateways to each ceremony location and in effect, sharing the vision of hope with the Special Olympics athletes," said Dan McHugh, acting CEO, DHL Express Asia Pacific. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Royal feud ends after lunch rescue May 5, 2007
Prince Lorenzo Montesini, Sydney's favourite minor royal, former Qantas trolley dolly and one time paramour of the society gal Primrose "Pitty Pat" Dunlop (he famously left her at the altar in Venice) has flown to Egypt to view the Alexandria Library, a project that he has been raising money for for many years. PS hears that he has also taken the photographer Susie Hagon, daughter of Caroline "Princess" Laws and the Golden Tonsils's stepdaughter, to document the project. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Islamic tiles reveal sophisticated maths Mar 1, 2007
No people in human kind has the exclusive of intelligence and, unfortunaltly not of cultural myopia as well, as the burning of Alexandria Library should remember us. Maybe is time to start to think as members of the same humankind rather than of specific cultural subsets. (Nature News Service)
