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Alexandria International Festival
October 2009
The biggest event you will ever hear about in Alexandria.
Lets be the change we want to see.
The proposed International Festival will comprise intellectual, cultural, civic, youth-related and sporting events, all of which will link to the city and its two thousand three hundred year heritage. The festival will extend over about nine days offering a range of activities greater than that which the city or the Bibliotheca Alexandrina have hitherto offered at the same time.
The Festival will set out to re-introduce the city of Alexandria to the world community, using the strength of its long history and its unquestioned capability led by its new world class global library and energetic city leadership to embrace the challenges of the 21 century. It will set out to attract to Alexandria foreign visitors; Egyptians possessing holiday homes on the Mediterranean coast near the city; and its citizens both young and old. The Festival will include events to attract all those communities so that all can share the experience and excitement of living in a Festival City which offers a wide range of different activities. The event will seek to be inclusive so all these groups will wish to participate in the following year.
The Festival will set out to become a major feature of the Egyptian and Mediterranean calendar. We are confident that all this is possible and we show here how we do this.
Proposed Themes
The Festival will use the following themes:
Egypt’s window on the world and the world’s window on Egypt
City of Peace and Friendship
City of intellect, culture and exploration
Cleopatra, last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt
Youth of today helping to build a strong community for tomorrow
Site of the great Lighthouse of Alexandria, Wonder of the Ancient World
Youth Steering Committee:
This committee will be in direct contact with the governorate and Bibliotheca Alexandrina to facilitate and organize the work of the sub-committees. This should not be more than 5 persons including the president of the committee.
Qualifications:
•Good command of English. (French and Dutch are surplus.)
•Previous experience in organizing such activities.
•Age between : 18-28
•Resident in Alexandria.
•Committed to participate in all activities of the festival.
Organizing Committees:
These committees will work under supervision of the steering committee and will be formed after selecting the steering committee. OCs will work on certain event and will be distributed according to their potentials.
Qualifications:
•Previous experience in organizing such activities
•Age between : 18-28
•Resident in Alexandria
•Committed to doing the required task.
Volunteers / participants:
Those are the working power of the festival and they will work according to the plan. They are required to have potentials to achieve the event.
•All age groups are welcomed to apply.
•Resident in other governorates can apply and join the activities.
•Volunteers with good computer skills are highly regarded.
What will you get?
•Members of Steering and Organizing committees will receive a certificate of participation signed by the International Federation for Friends of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
•Will be offered reduced fees for joining the Egyptian Association for Friends of Bibliotheca Alexandrina
•Will be offered chances for cultural exchange with the international friends.
•Further training courses will be offered in Bibliotheca Alexandrina for selected participants.
•Media coverage will be offered after the festival for selected participants.
Note:
•All activities will be organized in the summer.
•Interviews will be arranged to take place in June 2009.
Deadline for filling the application is:
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Deadline has been extended
Last call for joining AlexFest 09
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina
In terms of thematic focus, whether in collections or in organizing seminars and dialogues, we have identified four main themes:
Science (with a special emphasis on the ethics of science and technology).
Humanities (with special emphasis on the new scholarship and historical studies).
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