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Alexandria Lost and Found

On March 1, 2003July 1, 2020 By Martin Kramer

I haven't yet seen the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the UNESCO-sponsored library which opened last October in Alexandria, Egypt, amid much verbiage about "intercultural dialogue." The library, designed by the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, is meant to reconnect Egypt and us to the ancient lost library of Alexandria, although just how it could possibly do so …

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Martin Kramer

I am a historian of the Middle East at Tel Aviv University, and research it at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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