Detailed Program Agenda


26-27 September 2004

9:00 – 10:00 Registration


10:00 – 11:00 Opening Session

Opening Addresses
• Dr Ismail Serageldin:
Heritage in the Discourse of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• Dr Youssef Ziedan:
Millenary Manuscripts in the World Libraries & Alexandria

11:00-12:45 Session 1

• Chairman: Dr Abdel-Hamid Sabra (Egypt/ USA)
Dr Ramazan Sesen (Turkey):
Millenary Manuscripts in Turkish Libraries
Hans Nordesjo (Sweden):
Millenary Manuscripts in Uppsala University Library
Dr Marie-Genevieve Guesdon (France):
Millenary Manuscripts in the Bibliotheque nationale de France

12:45-1:00 Coffee Break

1:00-2:30 Session 2

• Chairman: Dr Ramazan Sesen (Turkey):
Dr Ahmed El-Tayyeb (Egypt):
Al-Azhar Millenary Manuscripts
• Dr Ayman Fouad Sayed (Egypt):
Millenary Manuscripts in Egypt's Dar al-Kutub

2:30-3:30 Lunchk

3:30-5:00 Session 3

• Chairman: Dr Hamed Taher (Egypt)
Dr Abdul-Ilah Nabhan (Syria):
Ibn Durayd's Kit?b al-Mal?hin
Dr El-Said El-Sayed Ebada (Egypt):
al-Namar?'s Kit?b Ma‘?n? Abiy?t al-Ham?sa

5:00-6:30 Session 4

• Chairman: Dr Faisal al-Hafyan (Syria):
Dr Abdullah Mohareb (Kuwait):
Kit?b al-Sin?‘atayn & Kit?b al-Kun? wal-Asm?’ (and three other almost-millenary manuscripts)
Essam El-Shanty (Jordan):
al-J?hiz's Ris?la f? Madh al-Kutub wal-Hath ‘al? Jam‘ih?
Ahmed Selim Abdel-Wahab (Egypt):
al-Yaz?d?'s Mar?thin wa A?‘?r wa Ghayr Dh?lik wa Akhb?r wa Lugha

6:30 Library Tour
 Manuscript & Rare Book Showroom Tour
Dinner (at the Hotel)


Monday, 27 September 2004

10:00-12:30 Session 5

• Chairman: Dr Kamal Nabhan (Egypt)
Sherif Masri (Bibliotheca Alexandrina):
Linguistic & Literary Manuscripts in the British Library
Hussein Kamal (Bibliotheca Alexandrina):
Manuscripts of the Sciences of Islamic Religion in the British Library
Sherif El-Ansari (Bibliotheca Alexandrina):
Scientific Manuscripts in the British Library

12:30-1:00 Coffee Break


1:30-2:30    Session 6

• Chairman: Dr Abdel-Sattar El-Halwagui (Egypt)
Dr Radwan El-Sayed (Lebanon):
The development of Islamic jurisprudence
Dr Mahmoud Masri (Syria):
Millenary Hadith Manuscripts
Dr Faisal al-Hafyan (Syria):
Millenary Grammar Manuscripts

2:30-3:30 Lunch


3:30-5:00 Session 7

• Chairman: Dr Radwan El-Sayed (Lebanon)
Dr Ali Akbar Enayati (Iran)
Manuscript Collection of Central Library and Documentation Center, University of Tehran
Dr Mohamed Soliman (Bibliotheca Alexandrina):
Millenary Manuscripts in the Escorial Monastery

5:00-6:30 Session 8

• Chairman: Dr Abdullah Yussuf al-Ghoneim (Kuwait)
Dr Ali Mirmohades (Sweden):
al-Mutawwa‘ī's Darj al-Ghurar wa Durj al-Durar
Dr Ahmed Shawqi Benbin (Morocco):
The millenary Magribi codex

6:30-7:00 Closing Session

• Dr Youssef Ziedan

7:00 Planetarium Show
7:30 Manuscript Center/Museum Boards Meetings
Dinner (at the Hotel)