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News About Alexandria, Egypt by Zahraa Adel Awed. Please feel free to email Zahraa (egypt_tourguide@hotmail.com ) with any news items you would like to have posted.

Archive for October, 2006

The amended opening hours for Alexandria Library

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

For your information, Please find hereunder the amended opening hours for Alexandria library (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) Opens from Saturday - Thursday from 11 am  - 7 pm, except Friday from 3 pm - 7pm. For more information please check the following URL:-Â
www.bibalex.org
http://www.bibalex.org/English/visitors/visitorinfo/info.htm 

Alexandrian Culture is still veiled.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Really thank you for all your emails, and I’d like to have more comments to help us how to present our city Alexandria as much as we can. Concerning our Culture tours, we are running many walking tours to go around the city and take photos anywhere. I try as much as I can to make […]

Ramadan ‘Holy Month for Muslims and its tradtions.

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic (Hijri) calendar, established in the year 638. It is considered the most venerated, blessed and spiritually-beneficial month of the Islamic year. Prayers, fasting, charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time; religious observances associated with Ramadan are kept throughout the month. There are some variations regarding the […]

Alexandria: The Ptolemaic Dynasty

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Alexander the Great took Egypt from the Persians in 332 BC and made it a part of the the Greek Empire. In the first part of 331 BC, shortly after being crowned Pharaoh in Memphis, he sailed northwards down the Nile and there, prompted by a dream, he began his most lasting contribution to civilization. […]

El Alamein and World War II

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

One of the most visited sites is El Alamein which is most notable as the place where the Allied forces of WW II gained a decisive victory of the Axis forces. Today, the village located about 66 miles which is about 106 kilometers west of Alexandria is mostly a port facility for shipping oil. However, […]

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