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The Peloponnese in Greece is the best place in Europe to visit in 2016
Topping the list is the the Peloponnese, a region often overlooked by travellers to Greece, who tend to visit the islands or build a sightseeing trip around Athen’s iconic Acropolis. The region is described as “an affordable enclave of magnificent ancient sights like Olympia, Mycenae and Mystra”. The recently opened Menalon trail provides a new way…
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International Conference on Chemical Sciences & Applications
The ICCSA-2016 aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of chemical sciences. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, practical challenges encountered and…
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Alexandria Short Film Festival supports Arab independent filmmakers
Under the honorary supervision of well-known producer Mohammed El-Adl, the jury included the actress Bushra, the director Amir Ramses, and the cinema critic Safaa El-Leithy who were responsible for evaluating the films and selecting the winners. The festival’s goal is to spread cinematic culture in Alexandria and introduce various genres of short films to different…
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The Aleksandrinke: Slovenians in Egypt
The people of the Slovene region had seen their territory come under Italian rule after World War I, followed by an intense process of italianisation under fascism. When they immigrated to Egypt, many of the Slovenian women found employment as domestic workers in the households of Alexandrian-Italian families, with whom they shared a linguistic commonality.…