How Long to Read Return to Alexandria

How Long Does it Take to Read Return to Alexandria?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 9 minutes to read Return to Alexandria by Beverley Butler

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was launched with great fanfare in the 1990s, a project of UNESCO and the Egyptian government to recreate the glory of the Alexandria Library and Museion of the ancient world. The project and its timing were curious—it coincided with scholarship moving away from the dominance of the western tradition; it privileged Alexandria’s Greek heritage over 1500 years of Islamic scholarship; and it established an island for the cultural elite in an urban slum. Beverley Butler’s ethnography of the project explores these contradictions, and the challenges faced by Egyptian and...

How long is Return to Alexandria?

Return to Alexandria by Beverley Butler is 299 pages long, and a total of 77,441 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Return to Alexandria Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read Return to Alexandria aloud.

What Reading Level is Return to Alexandria?

Return to Alexandria is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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