The BA Concludes the Exhibition “Alexander the Great: Back to Egypt”
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina concluded the exhibition “Alexander the Great: Back to Egypt,” which was held from 13 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, below the patronage of the Greek Embassy in Cairo, the Greek Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Interior, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Ms. Heba El-Rafey, Acting Head of the External Relations and Media Sector, delivered the opening speech on behalf of Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, noting that the exhibition is a novel cultural occasion by way of which the Library showcased a group of artworks by Greek artist and architect Makis Warlamis, which depicted the character of Alexander the Great, carrying messages of tolerance, artistic coexistence, and cooperation amongst peoples.
She identified that Egyptian-Greek relations have a historic depth stretching again 1000’s of years, emphasizing that the power of those relations is embodied immediately in creative and literary exchanges, tutorial cooperation, and joint efforts to protect human heritage.
Mr. Ioannis Pyrgakis, Consul General of Greece in Alexandria, stated that this particular cultural occasion requires a reinterpretation of the previous as a key to the future.
He said that the works of artist Makis Warlamis introduced Alexander the Great as a renewed humanitarian idea that embodied a imaginative and prescient primarily based on curiosity, openness, and creativity.
For his half, Right Reverend Archimandrite Damaskinos Alazrai, Archbishop of the Diocese of Mariout for the Greek Orthodox, spoke on behalf of His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, explaining that this distinctive exhibition evokes quite a lot of historic milestones related to the historic metropolis of Alexandria, which Alexander the Great based to be a capital of cultural convergence, not domination.
Prof. Hassan Badawi, Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Medieval History, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, gave a lecture entitled “Egyptian-Greek Relations throughout History: From Cultural Convergence to Contemporary Partnership,” which was moderated by Dr. Al-Hussein Abdel Bassir, Director of the BA Antiquities Museum.