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In addition to the many projects that are being held in
cooperation with Senegal, Canada, C ôte d'Ivoire and others,
either by hosting a number of artists, singers, or distinguished
people in different fields of French speakers to participate in
some of the activities that are held in the library, either by
attending some projects as a project “The Ten Words Caravan "
where the International Organization of la Francophonie
announces, every year, ten words in the French, which are used
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in a particular country, but it is not necessary to be present in
the dictionary or be common, but they are French words used
but not known, and then the center organizes a group of
Activities and workshops that revolve around these words.
Indeed, they have worked on it in Alexandria, Cairo and with
the Francophone countries participating in this project, so that a
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person from the center attends the project meeting every two
years in parallel with the international summit of la
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Francophonie. Which was held, 4 years ago, in Madagascar and
later in Armenia. It was supposed to be held this year in
Tunisia, but it was postponed. In this meeting, the workshops usually positive, but we always find people who have different
opinions, aspirations and expectations, and this is the
and activities carried out by the youth are presented, and the
percentage that they try to work on in the activity development
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work that was carried out in Egypt through the Library of
stage.
Alexandria as a representative of the project is presented.
Dr. Marwa EL Sahn showed us part of what she aspires to
implement, which is that she hopes to help and cooperate with
Every organized activity has its own details in terms of timing,
any student studying in French or studying the French language
duration, place, age group, number of hours, number of times,
in any department in Egyptian universities on Egyptian soil, so
etc., and it is organized and announced through the center's
that she can serve them better, as she cannot receive and absorb
page on the official website of the Library of Alexandria in
the numbers that apply from various Egyptian universities in
addition to the official Facebook page of the center, and these
the activities provided and assigned to them; therefore, she
details vary according to the nature of the content, the nature of
hopes that there is a mechanism that would allow them to host
the audience and the timing. Each event has its own
more students. She believes that it is easy for the center to
advertisement and images that are captured during the event or
provide them with the necessary activities in their governorate,
the activity that are uploaded on the site so that the activities
but it is better for them to come and get to know the library and
can be defined more clearly to the public, which encourages
to know students from the same field in other governorates.
them to attend, and large activities are videorecorded such as
To communicate, you can access the center ’s page on the
the celebration of the International Day of Francophonie, in the
library ’s website or on their Facebook page. In case the number
secondary conference that the center organizes in March of
of persons who applied on any activity is more than the
each year and which may last for two days, and the video is cut
required number, one will not be preferred over the other
and uploaded on the site, so that everyone who was unable to
according to certain criteria or conditions, but applicants are
attend or wanted to re-listen to the speech given at the event
accepted according to the priority of reservation until
could watch it.
sufficiency. In some activities directed to the Egyptian
universities, Dr. Marwa EL Sahn submits the invitation to the
In addition, there is a project that the Library of Alexandria has
president of the university, announcing the required number,
been working on for a long time, which is the "Embassies of
and in this case the university itself must choose the
Knowledge" project, which has equipped a hall inside some
participants and not the center.
Egyptian universities - in at least 15 universities - affiliated
with the Library of Alexandria, which is considered as an
In addition to the benefit that the student enjoys in these
embassy for the library in this governorate. Since the library is
activities, the center provides, at the end of each activity, a
geographically located in Alexandria Governorate, and it is
certified and sealed certificate from the center and the Library
sometimes difficult to benefit the public from other
of Alexandria, but a certain attendance rate is required and it
governorates. Some books are placed in this hall and some of
varies from one activity to another according to its duration.
the services that the center performs and are equipped with a
At the end of the meeting, Dr. Marwa EL Sahn gave advice to
video feature via the Internet, so that students participating in
everyone who wished to reach a high position, one day and said
some large events or conferences that the center conducts but
that I must work on my skills and on myself, in general, pay
they cannot go to the library, could attend these events through
attention to work and focus on it as much as possible.
this feature, and there is a hall Equipped in the Central Library
Regardless of the environment and the atmosphere, not
of Cairo University under this name.
expecting someone to help me develop myself, but rather to
work on that without stopping, in addition to the person's desire
After each activity carried out by the center, each participant is
to do something different. Also, I must not be afraid to do what
provided with an evaluation form that makes them measure the
is different just because it is possible for others to do the same,
extent to which the participants benefit from the activity and
because no matter how much others steal my ideas, they will
compare what has been done on the ground with the standards
not be able to implement them like me. And that each person ’s
established within the organization of the activity itself from
excellence lies in his performance, method and mastery of his
the beginning, so that they can develop themselves and address
work.
mistakes and avoid them in the coming times, but according to
circumstances and the available capabilities. The evaluation is
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