Latest in Tag: AUC Highlight
Latest in Tag: AUC
Bassem Youssef: âI don’t know where Egypt is going, but let’s have fun going there!â
The AUC Journalism Department hosted a debate between Nageh Ibrahim and comedian and political satirist Bassem Youssef
Minister of justice denies systematic torture by Ministry of Interior
The ministerâs comment was made during a meeting of the committee tasked to draft the Information Act
Amin: “IMF may have required Islamic Sukuk”
Prominent economists gave their diagnosis of Egyptian economy and cast their predictions for 2013 at a media roundtable at the AUC
IMF loan talks to resume
This loan will be a certificate of trust for the Egyptian economy, it proves that Egypt can repay its loans, so they can seek more loans
Portraits of the past in Face Time
The exhibition captures some of the most famous faces from the 19th century onwards
AUC revives Ismailia film festival “days”
Films were chosen on the basis of their relationship to the Egyptian revolution, liberty, and womanâs rights
Renowned scholar discusses the development of the Arab Spring
Noam Chomsky speaks at AUC
Victory for AUC students
Striking students win tuition fee cap
In Pictures: AUC protest escalates
Following attempts by striking AUC students to lock the gates of the campus to prevent people from entering, the university’s administration elected to completely remove the gates to allow free traffic. Later on, it closed its campus and subsequently announced the university would suspend all operations until further notice. Photos by Hassan Ibrahim
AUC suspends operations until further notice Sunday
Alumni and students call for Monday emergency meeting
AUC campus gates removed by administration as negotiations reach a stand-off
Student union expresses disappointment
AUC shuts down campus
Striking students lock down campus, demanding tuition relief
AUC to suspend students pending protest investigation
protesters who prevented fellow students from entering the campus will be suspended
AUC theatre production breaks boundaries
What makes the play stand out is the utter disregard for any normal standards of theatre. Khalil simply does not care.
Egyptians design ‘faster, cheaper’ hepatitis C test
By AFP CAIRO: The American University in Cairo said Wednesday that a team of its researchers has designed a faster and cheaper test for all types of hepatitis C, which it says affects about 10 million Egyptians. The development “reduces the two-step testing process carried out over a number of days to a one-step process …
Young entrepreneurs find training at Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement
By Amir Makar CAIRO: Young students and fresh graduates willing to work on development projects and with civil society are able to find the necessary skills and training at the Youth Leadership Program, provided by the Amerian University in Cairoâs Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement. Quoting the Gerhart Centerâs website, the YLP offers young …
Egypt revolt poses a test for American University
By David Crary / AP CAIRO: Any university likes to brag about prominent alumni. But when they end up taking opposite sides of a revolution on its doorstep, some nimble footwork is required, as the American University in Cairo learned in recent months. Case in point: a campus building called the Suzanne Mubarak Conference Hall. The …
Workers’ strikes reach AUC campus
CAIRO: Demonstrations calling for better wages, which have become a common scene in front of government buildings and at factories nationwide, are echoing in New Cairo where workers at the American University in Cairo (AUC) had their paychecks cut in half this month. Around 400 disgruntled AUC workers demonstrated last Wednesday in front of the …