Subjects:
Culture and development | Historic places
The Dream of Alexander the Great
What was behind Alexander's extraordinary idea of creating of a national library? Why was the Library of Alexandria destroyed? And why did UNESCO, the Government of Egypt, the University of Alexandria and the UNDP joined forces to set up an international project to revive the ancient Alexandria Library?
This films attempts to give some answers.
Place/region:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina,
Egypt,
North Africa
Type: Documentary
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Director: Eduardo Barrios
Participant: Omar Sharif, Wole Soyinka, Federico Mayor
Producer: Jacques Tocatlian, Abdel Aziz abid, Salem Haasan
Publisher: UNESCO OPI
Type: Documentary
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Director: Eduardo Barrios
Participant: Omar Sharif, Wole Soyinka, Federico Mayor
Producer: Jacques Tocatlian, Abdel Aziz abid, Salem Haasan
Publisher: UNESCO OPI
