Midan

Oriental Hall, Etc.

By Frank E. Bartscheck II and Salma Abdallah / Summer 2015

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

Foreign Policy, Interrupted

By Lauren E. Bohn / Summer 2015

To respond to a stark gender disparity in foreign affairs, a new non-profit works to get more women miked, quoted, and bylined.

Letter from China

By John Battersby / Summer 2015

The Beijing regime is nervous that digital technology in the form of social media and other tools is chipping away at the Communist Party’s authoritarian system of control.

Schooling Egypt

By Sarah El-Shaarawi / Spring 2015

The country faces an education crisis of what may well be historic proportions.

Oriental Hall, Etc.

By Owain Richards / Spring 2015

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

Media Policy and Freedom of Expression

By Nabil Fahmy / Spring 2015

Discussing “freedom of expression” in the same conversation with “media policy” may imply that they are mutually exclusive concepts, but that is a false premise.

Mahmoud El-Gamal will be forever nostalgic about his days as an economics undergraduate at the American University in Cairo. In July, he became the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Candygirl

By Jonathan Guyer and Sarah El-Shaarawi / Winter 2015

Mohamed Tawfik is the Egyptian ambassador to the United States. Literature, as much as diplomacy, is Tawfik’s passion.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Owain Richards and Rozina Ali / Winter 2015

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

Arab World on the Precipice

By Nabil Fahmy / Winter 2015

Now more than any time in recent memory, the Arab World as a political entity is confronted with ominous threats and hair-raising domestic and regional challenges.

Barack Obama’s Lost Promise

By Magda Shahin / Winter 2015

Without a more consistent and effective implementation of the policy, the promise of a better American relationship with the Muslim World will remain elusive.

Reflections of a Media Critic

By Danny Schechter / Winter 2015

The American political system is broken, and political journalism has played a part in that failure.

Architecture for All

By Fernanda Uro Aboites / Fall 2014

Magda Mostafa, an architecture professor at the American University in Cairo, is a pioneer in practical solutions to the challenges of living with autism.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Aaron T. Rose and Rozina Ali / Fall 2014

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

Back to the Future

By Laila El Baradei / Fall 2014

I have to wonder if we Egyptians are traveling backwards in a time capsule. Lately, we seem to have arrived in the 1960s.

Reimagining Limits

By Rozina Ali / Summer 2014

Since Ezzedine Choukri Fishere began publishing fiction in 1995, he has come out with six novels exploring themes from freedom and destiny to identity; critics have viewed his work as indictments against repression, injustice and suffering in Egypt.

Oriental Hall, etc.

By Anny Gaul and Rozina Ali / Summer 2014

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

Theory Y and Egypt’s Bureaucracy

By Laila El Baradei / Summer 2014

If employees are treated with respect, fairness and equity, they will become committed to the organization. In the real world, it turned out not to be that simple, especially in our Egyptian public service organizations.

A Street Called Mohammed Mahmoud

By Amanda E. Rogers / Summer 2014

The walls of Mohammed Mahmoud Street, with their vibrant murals portraying the unflinching gaze of blinded protesters, or the serene smiles of winged martyrs, are witness to the wounds of Egypt’s ongoing revolution.

An Egyptian in Space

By Aaron T. Rose / Spring 2014

Omar Samra is reaching for the moon. He was the first Egyptian to ascend to the summit of Mount Everest. He was also the first of his countrymen to climb the highest peaks on the other six continents. Soon, he plans to go even higher. In 2015, Samra is set to become the first Egyptian in space.

Policy and People at Egypt’s Global University

Oriental Hall, Etc.

Foreign Policy, Interrupted

Letter from China

Schooling Egypt

Oriental Hall, Etc.

Media Policy and Freedom of Expression

A Better Citizen

Candygirl

Oriental Hall, etc.

Arab World on the Precipice

Barack Obama’s Lost Promise

Reflections of a Media Critic

Architecture for All

Oriental Hall, etc.

Back to the Future

Reimagining Limits

Oriental Hall, etc.

Theory Y and Egypt’s Bureaucracy

A Street Called Mohammed Mahmoud

An Egyptian in Space