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Arts Center program; February 2007

Alexandria— the BA Arts Center will be taking a close look at the American film industry during the month of February 2007, the American film industry blossomed when Hollywood bloomed in the early 20 th century, director D.W. Griffith of the Biograph Company was sent to the west coast along with ...

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Culture and Cinema in the USA

Alexandria— the BA Arts Center is organizing Short Films program for February 2007 on "American Cinema". The program will screen some short films discussing culture and cinema in the USA on 11 February 2007, as follows: • The Library of Congress By Jim Cummins 1995 - 20 min. • The ...

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Salah Jaheen (Works in his Own Handwriting)

Salah Jaheen is considered one of the most important caricaturists in Egypt in the period between the mid fifties until the seventies. Jaheen has depicted the bright side of the July revolution. His revolutionary ideas expressed his Egyptian and Arab patriotic sentiments in the years following the ...

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The Director of the BA Concludes the Intellectuals Parliament

Alexandria— the Intellectuals Parliament was concluded on Wednesday, 27 December 2006 at the BA. The second day started with presentations by Maestro Sherif Mohie Eldin, Director of the Art Center, Eng. Ayman El-Kholy, CULTNAT, and Dr. Mohamed Awad and Dr. Sahar Hamouda, Alex-Med on the ...

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The BA Celebrates the Centenary of Egyptian Cinema (1907 – 2007)

Alexandria— the BA Arts Center celebrates the centenary of the Egyptian cinema from Monday, 8 January 2007 to Thursday, 11 January 2007. The three day celebration will present three of the best 100 films since 1907 and till 2007. The White Rose, by Mohamed Karim, Egypt, 1933, 130 min. on ...

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