Tag Archives: Egypt
Workshop in Cairo
The International Digital Archiving Conference in the Arab World (DAAW 19)
Digital archiving in the Arab world acts as a major channel of knowledge transmission in the present day. As the practice grows, new archival challenges emerge and act as a catalyst for innovation and development of new technologies.
The International … Read more
Exchange between Saale and Nile
Prof Dr Hisham al-Azmi, head of the Egyptian National Library (Dar al-Kutub), accompanied by Prof Dr Atef Mansour and Dr Muhammad from the Egyptian Fayoum University, visited our Specialized Information Service (FID) in Halle … Read more
Conference: “The Egyptian Revolution of 1919: The Birth of the Modern Nation”
The Egyptian independence movement in 1919 led to the recognition of Egyptian sovereignty in 1922, an Egyptian constitution in 1923, and Saad Zaghloul’s appointment as the first prime minister of a government elected by suffrage in 1924.
To mark the … Read more
3 Historical Books on the MENA Region in the Early 20th Century
New as Open Access on MENAdoc: 3 books on developments in the MENA region published in 1915 give an insight into the German perspective during the First World War.
“Trauma” – the Latest Issue of the META-Journal
The open access journal META (Middle East – Topics & Arguments) has published its issue 10-2018 entitled “Trauma”. The editorial describes it as follows:… Read more