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The BA Antiquities Museum Uses Braille Cards

The BA Antiquities Museum started using Braille Cards describing its most significant collections to ensure social inclusion of the visually impaired and people with special needs. The Cards portray and provide detailed information about the antiquities to enhance the blind and visually impaired ...

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“Discover and Express” an Exhibition for the Visually Impaired at the BA

Alexandria— The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired is organizing on Monday, 7 July 2008 an exhibition entitled “Discover and Express” by a group of visually impaired children from El Nour Girls School for the Visually Impaired under the supervision of Dr. Fifi Zalat, Art ...

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The BA Celebrates International White Cane Day

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired, in collaboration with Kon 3ainee foundation, is organizing an International White Cane Day celebration on Thursday, 16 October 2025, at 11:00 am, at the BA Plaza. This year's celebration stresses the fact that the cane is not just a ...

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The BA Celebrates the International White Cane Safety Day

The BA Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired is organizing an event in celebration of the International White Cane Safety Day, in cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Hanns Seidel Foundation and ATAA Charity Foundation. The ...

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A Workshop on Climate Change for People with Special Needs

Based on the principle of equality and equal opportunities, and the keenness of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina to integrate people with special needs within society, the Special Needs Section, through the Digital Talking Book Unit and the Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired, is ...

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