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A Dangerous Coin Toss

By Marley Dizney Swanson
October 31, 2018 / Fall 2018

For long-time scholar of American foreign policy, William Quandt, it’s still too hard to say what Trump wants in the Middle East

A Divided America

By Erin Hayes
October 31, 2018 / Fall 2018

Why American Islamophobia seems to be declining in the age of Trump

Perceptions from Abroad

By Nabil Fahmy
October 31, 2018 / Fall 2018

How to fight foreign perceptions that the Arab World is violent and in complete turmoil

Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly?

By Elizabeth Lepro
August 8, 2018 / Summer 2018

Can Tunisia serve as a model for Arab Spring countries?

Delusions of a Deal

By Nabil Fahmy
July 11, 2018 / Summer 2018

Donald Trump claims he is the master of deal-making, but will his much-touted “Deal of the Century” be favorable to the Arabs and Palestinians?

The Lam-Alif Artist

By Jessie Steinhauer
May 16, 2018 / Spring 2018

The work of award-winning Egyptian-Lebanese artist Bahia Shehab focuses on issues of identity and injustice.

Daughter of the Nile

By Nadeen Shaker
May 16, 2018 / Spring 2018

A profile of Egyptian feminist and founder of Bint Al-Nil journal Doria Shafik.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Roxanne Brook Vigil
May 16, 2018 / Spring 2018

Happenings, speakers, and events at the American University in Cairo in Spring 2018.

Is a Nuclearized Middle East Inevitable?

By Nabil Fahmy
May 16, 2018 / Spring 2018

How to address the challenge of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.

Death of the Blogosphere

By Elizabeth Lepro
February 11, 2018 / Winter 2018

Egyptian bloggers, writing and reporting on the January 25 uprising, suddenly went offline after 2015. Why and where are they now?

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Leslie Cohen
February 11, 2018 / Winter 2018

Happenings, speakers, and events at the American University in Cairo in Winter 2018.

Time for a New World Order

By Nabil Fahmy
February 11, 2018 / Winter 2018

The rise of populist governments worldwide is not the byproduct of winning or losing political systems, but rather of a failing world order.

Is Europe Facing a Crisis?

By Nadeen Shaker
December 18, 2017

A Director’s Clash

By Frank E. Bartscheck II
November 12, 2017 / Fall 2017

The film Eshtebak causes an uproar in Egypt.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Elena Habersky and Jessie Steinhauer
November 12, 2017 / Fall 2017

Happenings, speakers, and events at the American University in Cairo in Fall 2017.

Remembering Nubia

By Nadeen Shaker
November 12, 2017 / Fall 2017

Anthropologist Fadwa El Guindi remembers her start at AUC, and how she discovered Nubia.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Nadeen Shaker
July 8, 2017 / Summer 2017

Happenings, speakers, and events at the American University in Cairo in Summer 2017.

Meet the Neighbors

By Nadeen Shaker
July 8, 2017 / Summer 2017

A university initiative attempts to engage AUC with its surrounding community.

From Cairo to Tokyo

By Jessie Steinhauer
July 8, 2017 / Summer 2017

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike recalls her time as a student in Cairo and how it influenced her life in politics.

The Battle for Antarctica

By Sarah El-Shaarawi
May 9, 2017 / Spring 2017

Failure to stem climate change could have dramatic consequences for the continent

Policy and People at Egypt’s Global University