Midan

Policy and People at Egypt’s Global University

The Lam-Alif Artist

By Jessie Steinhauer / 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 / Spring 2018

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

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Roxanne Brook Vigil / Spring 2018

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

Is a Nuclearized Middle East Inevitable?

By Nabil Fahmy / Spring 2018

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

Death of the Blogosphere

By Elizabeth Lepro / 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 / Winter 2018

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

Time for a New World Order

By Nabil Fahmy / 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? There were two opposite views in “The Future of Europe,” the latest panel discussion in AUC’s Tahrir Dialogue series. Ambassador of France in Egypt Stéphane Romatet said that for the first time in over seventy years, Europe is experiencing a “deep internal crisis,” marked by the rise of Euroscepticism within political parties (skepticism and rejection of the European Union), the dismantling of its territory, and the crisis of federalism in countries like Belgium, » Read more about: Is Europe Facing a Crisis? »

A Director’s Clash

By Frank E. Bartscheck II / Fall 2017

The film Eshtebak causes an uproar in Egypt.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Elena Habersky and Jessie Steinhauer / Fall 2017

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

Remembering Nubia

By Nadeen Shaker / Fall 2017

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

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Nadeen Shaker / Summer 2017

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

Meet the Neighbors

By Nadeen Shaker / Summer 2017

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

From Cairo to Tokyo

By Jessie Steinhauer / 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 / Spring 2017

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

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Mohamed Gameel and Nadine Elshokeiry /

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

Woes of Arab Youth

By Elena Habersky / Spring 2017

Study reveals unemployment as number one problem

Caught in the Act

By Hasan Dudar / Winter 2017

A 1960s play about corruption resonates in today’s Egypt.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Nada Moselhy / Winter 2017

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

The Challenge for Liberalism

By Nabil Fahmy / Winter 2017

The year 2016 has demonstrated that the West, the liberal order the Arab World sought to become a part of, was going through an identity crisis of its own.

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