Reform: from rhetoric to reality
Ismail Serageldin outlines the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's plans to host a conference promoting reforms across the Arab world, and in a second article Al-Ahram Weekly looks back at a stormy experience which underlined the historic library's role as a beacon of rationality and enlightenment

More than a building
In the short period since its inauguration on 16 October 2002, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has become an important force for the promotion of rationality, the scientific outlook and enlightened values in Egypt and the region...