Jeunes
Science Tunis et Djerba in Force

First and foremost, kudos to the Tunisians
who participated in force this year with a
large and active delegation.
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Headed by Dr..Jaidane from Tunis University,
the Association Jeunes-Science comprised young
amateurs from the various parts of Tunisia,
notably Tunis, Djerba, Nabeul, Bizerte, Kairaouan...
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More on the SAF participation
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Philippe Morel, the SAF president, setting
up the PST coupled to a CCD camera for solar
viewing.. |

Mona Anbar explaining the astronomy activities
of the Kuwaiti Science Club.
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Likewise with the amateur activities in
Bahrein with Prof.S. Dallal |
The
Antikythera Display
from Athena
University

A handsome set of panels on the Antikythera
device discovered in the early XXth century.
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The
Antikythera Display

Her the Mayor with Prof X.Moussas from
Athena University who has worked extensively
on the Antikythera mechanism.
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The TWAN
Exhibition at Constantine

The other great display was the TWAN exposition
set in an adjacent room. Here Babrak Tafreshi
the Director of TWAN
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Various
cosmic visions were offered to the visitors
as shot by some of the best known astro photographers
worldwide. TWAN is a cornestone program of
IYA2009 and we were proud indeed that it was
displayed as a primeur in Constantine, a first
such exhibition in the African continent.
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Here the AMNIR Astronomy Club from Beni
Isguen in the Mzab valley. |
The AAJAA
represented by his President R.Lassoued from
the Algiers governorate put up a great high
tech display made of 3-D planetary scenes.
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Hocine
Fahiss from the El-Bouzdjani Astronomy Club
at Médéa is a faithful participant
to the Popular Astronomy Salons ever since
its inception in 2002. |

The
Smarties Club of the Hamiz Scientific Middle
School at Algiers headed by Mustapha Derradji,
the former Sirius president (Sitting amidst
his students). |
The
Sirius Club from Béjaia. Their elaborated
display emphasized the astronomical heritage
of the region, in particular during the Hammadites
rule.
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Bilal from Sirius - Constantine
posing in front of the Sirius -Béjaia
stand. |
The CRAAG as usual was present
to the Salon with a large delegation. We see
Nassim here talking with his colleagues from
ASAL. |

The CRAAG, unlike the other
years, has a neat display of large panels
animated by |

The Agence Spatiale Algérienne ( ASAL)
too was present with two scientists from the
CTS at Arzew, Dr Abrouche and Dr.Boudjemai
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Here their stand set at a strategic
intersection. |
The ENNA was there too. Here the head of the delegation
talking to the Mayor of Constantine and
his adjoint.
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We were happy to welcome
the Suha astronomy Club from Sétif
a usual participant to our Salons since their
inception. Here showing to the visitors their
skymap software. |

The Najm A-Thakeb Astronomy Association from
Mostaghanem from Western Algeria displaying
their handiwork. |

Bringing the hearts and minds together is
one great bonus of the Popular Astronomy Fairs.
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The Qutb Astronomy Club from Ghardaia. |
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The Birouni Astronomy Association from
Sedrata from the Tebessa Wilaya displaying
their work.
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The Angham El-Hayat Astronomy Association
from Guerara in the Mzab Valley receiving
some young visitors. |

The Ibn Haitham Astronomy Club from Ain-Fakroun,
Oum El-Bouaghi, with Zinou his dynamical president
at right.
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The ENNA is also a traditional
participant to our Salons. They go to great
length to provide the public with technical
information on the state of the art in the
air navigation techniques. |
It might be seen as
a bit out of place in an astronomy Salon,
yet it fulfill a useful public function in
informing. On the other hand it might be seen
as "ultralow altitude" astronomy!
Here an engineer from ENNA with Ammi Ali.
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Some EDA (Ecole Doctorale d'Astrophysique)
students at their stand. |

They provided astrophysics background information
to inquiring visitors of all ages: stellar
evolution, Black Holes and the like...
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