University News

AUC Professor on Sectarian Violence in Iraq

Commenting on recent bombings in Iraq, Professor Abdullah al-Ashaal claims that it is related to U.S. plans for withdraw from Iraq.
Suicide Bomber Kills Shi'ite Pilgrims in Iraq
Voice of America

AUC Fellow on Israeli’s Plan to Build a Barrier Along its Border with Egypt

Michael Kagan, senior fellow in human rights law at AUC, argues that building walls and barriers do not prevent migrants and asylum seekers from reaching their destinations; instead, they usually make the journey more dangerous, increasing the number of deaths.
Israel’s Plan to Stem African Immigration: Wall on Egypt’s Border
The Christian Science Monitor


Events

An Hour with Chopin

A solo piano recital by Ramzi Yassa, renowned Egyptian pianist and the first Arab pianist to record Beethoven’s piano recitals. Yassa has performed in well-known halls including the Vienna's Musikverein, the Berliner Philharmonie and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Students with a valid ID will be admitted free. More.
Ewart Memorial Hall, AUC Downtown
February 11, 2010
8:00 pm

Head of League of Arab States Amre Moussa to Speak at AUC

Amre Moussa, secretary-general of the League of Arab States and former minister of foreign affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, will deliver the annual Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture. The lecture is held to commemorate the late Nadia Younes, a U.N. administrator who died in the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Iraq.
Moataz Al Alfi Hall
February 21, 2010
5:30 pm