Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Inside the Center for Fine Arts in Brussels "Bozar", an exhibition on Alexandria: a future look is being held
The exhibition continues until the first week of next January and tells the glory years of the old city on the basis of about 200 works from the largest European museum collections.
According to the exhibition's organizers, it sheds a different light on Alexandria and puts the urban planning and political and religious organization of the city in the spotlight.
As well as the daily life of the population and the scientific and philosophical aspect of this beating heart of the ancient civilization between the fourth century BC and the fourth century AD.
About 20 contemporary works complete the exhibition's story and make critical and poetic bonds in various aspects, which are shaped into an ambitious scenography.
 In addition, many of the topics covered by trips to other periods, from the Byzantine and Arab eras to modern times, were expanded in order to refine the image of Alexandria throughout history.
The exhibition is co-financed by the European Union's Creative Europe Program as part of the international project "Alexandria: Activating Shared Urban Perceptions".
A few days ago, Dr. Badr Abdel-Aty, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Brussels, with the director of the Marimont Museum in Belgium, the “Ancient Alexandria and its Cultural Heritage” conference, in the presence of a group of Egyptian and European researchers specializing in Egyptian civilization, in addition to those interested in ancient Egyptian civilization.
In his opening speech, Abdel-Aty stressed that Egypt and Belgium enjoy strong and diverse relations in various fields, whether political, economic or cultural, in addition to the participation of Baron Empain in the establishment of the Heliopolis neighborhood. Abdel-Aty also highlighted that this conference comes within the framework of the important exhibition organized by the Marimont Museum on Alexandria, which collects more than 200 Egyptian artifacts from the collections of major European museums, and sheds light on one of the greatest ancient cities of the Mediterranean.
The Egyptian ambassador pointed out that Egypt has a rich history that goes back thousands of years, and extends across different civilizations, as Alexandria represented a bridge between the East and the West and between the two banks of the Mediterranean, where Alexandria has always been one of the most important centers of civilizational and cultural radiation in the ancient world, and Alexandria was unique in bringing together Among the cultures of the countries and peoples of the Mediterranean, as well as being the capital of knowledge and learning for hosting the Library of Alexandria, which was one of the largest and most important libraries of the ancient world. Ambassador Abdel-Aty explained that Alexandria has always represented a model of tolerance, blending and interaction between different religions, civilizations and peoples.
For his part, the director of the Marimont Museum praised the rich cultural relations that unite Egypt and Belgium, and thanked the Egyptian Embassy for its efforts that contributed to the success of the exhibition. The Belgian official also stressed the Belgian people's fondness for Egypt and its various civilizations, and their interest in learning about the impact of the ancient Egyptian civilization on the development of many sciences and arts in the modern era.