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		<title>The Library of the Institut d’Egypte</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   To whom it may concern      
From:   Dr. Jere L. Bacharach
                Former Director, American Research Center in Egypt
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		<title>Orient Institute of Beirut marks 50th birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Star
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		<title>Name authorities in the news</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melausaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Librarians are all too familiar with the profusion of guises in which the name of Libyan dictator &#8212; معمر القذافي in Arabic &#8212; may be encountered in the Latin alphabet.  For the rest of the public out there it&#8217;s a mystery that still requires explanation:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2011/0222/Gaddafi-Kadafi-Qaddafi-What-s-the-correct-spelling 
http://www.businessinsider.com/qaddafi-gaddafi-kadafi-qadaffi-libya-spelling-2011-2 
As Col. Q has been much in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protester and supporters uniting to protect the Bibliotheca Alexandrina</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melausaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Protesters and Supporters join hands to protect The Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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		<title>The Egyptian Constitutional Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melausaa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analysis from Foreign Policy magazine on avenues for Presidention succession in the Egyptian Constitution.
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/03/the_egyptian_constitution_s_rulebook_for_change
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		<title>From Ismail Serageldin Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melausaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Events in Egypt are changing the world.  Perhaps the most inspiring has been the &#8220;civic responsibility&#8221; of the protesters.  As at the Egyptian Museum they have taken action to protect their cultural heritage.

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		<title>Dr. Omar Khalidi &#8211; A Rare Scholar-Cum-Librarian &#8211; Obituary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melausaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Omar Khalidi, Senior Past President of MELA died Nov. 29 from an train accident.  He will be greatly missed in MELA, MIT and the scholarly community.
http://lisindica.blogspot.com/2010/12/dr-omar-khalidi-rare-scholar-cum.html
 MIT Obituary
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<link>http://mela.us/mela_notepad/2009/03/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>melausaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to MELA Notepad, the blog of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA).  It will be maintained by the MELA webmaster, who hopes to make it useful and interesting for everyone interested in anything having to do with Middle Eastern librarianship!  Please also visit our website, http://www.mela.us .
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