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Policy and People at Egypt’s Global University

Is Europe Facing a Crisis?

By Nadeen Shaker /

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.

Egyptian Entrepreneurs, Inc.

By Hasan Dudar / Fall 2016

AUC V-Lab incubated startup Koshk Comics is weathering the challenges facing Egyptian entrepreneurs.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Sara Edmunds / Fall 2016

Happenings, speakers, and events at the American University in Cairo in Fall 2016.

Toward an Egyptian Open Society

By Nabil Fahmy / Fall 2016

After two years as president of Egypt, is Abdel Fattah El-Sisi fulfilling his promises?

Parliamentary Dreams

By Nada Moselhy / Summer 2016

Taekwondo world champion and member of Egypt’s parliament Caroline Maher is determined to be a voice for the voiceless: Egyptians with disabilities.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Hasan Dudar / Summer 2016

Happenings, speakers, and events at the American University in Cairo in Summer 2016.

The Islam of Bassam Tibi

By Maha AbdelAzim / Spring 2016

Scholar Bassam Tibi proposes that Muslims can be fully assimilated as Europeans without compromising their religious beliefs.

Keeping Hope Alive

By Maha AbdelAzim / Spring 2016

A two-state solution is the only equitable resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Former U.S. diplomat and policy director at Americans for Peace Now Lara Friedman explains why.

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