Mrs. Mubarak attends experimental operation of Alexandria library

Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak attended Monday the experimental operation of Alexandria library.

Mrs. Mubarak inspected as part of the ceremony, an exhibition for children paintings, another one for the gifts granted for Alexandria library by world countries and a museum for manuscripts.

Mrs. Mubarak then inaugurated two exhibitions for works of noble laureate Naguib Mahfouz and plastic artist Salah Taher.

As part of the celebration, Director of Alexandria Library Ismail Serag El-dine delivered a speech after which he presented Mrs. Mubarak with a souvenir from the association of Alexandria library friends.

Mrs. Mubarak honored 44 figures that took part in the project, including People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, Education Minister Hussein Kamel Bahaa Eddin, Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher, Minister of Higher Education and State for Scientific Research Mufid Shehab and Alexandria Governor Abdel Salam Mahgoub.

The revival of the ancient library of Alexandria project aims at building a universal modern public library to be a center of culture, science and academic research.