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Center for Arabic Study Abroad @AUC (CASA@AUC)

The World's Premier Arabic Language Program
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About CASA@AUC

The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) was established in AUC in 1967 by a consortium of American Universities committed to supporting intensive advanced Arabic language and culture study to advanced undergraduates, graduates and professors. More than 1,500 students have graduated from this distinguished program since its inception. AUC now holds its own CASA@AUC program under its Center for Advanced Arabic Study in Cairo (CAASIC) program, administered exclusively by AUC, and various other CAASIC Advanced Language Programs.

CASA@AUC Program Details

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CASA's History

International Students in Class

Important Announcement

CAASIC announces its 12-month Advanced Arabic Language and Culture Immersion Program: CASA@AUC

A limited number of scholarships is available for qualified applicants, in addition to Pay Your Own Way applications for students not accepted for scholarships, or those having outside funding.

Quick Facts

  • CASA students studied at AUC

  • International students studied Arabic at AUC

  • Center for Arabic Study Abroad opened

  • School of Oriental Studies became Center for Arabic Studies
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Notable Alumni

Todd Mostak

Todd Mostak (CASA '10)

CEO and Founder, MapD

Margaret Litvin

Margaret Litvin (CASA '11)

Associate Chair, Department of World Languages and Literature Associate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Boston University

David-Bonderman

David Bonderman (CASA '69)

Businessman; Philanthropist; Chairman and Founding Partner, TPG

CASA@AUC Student Discusses Life in Cairo

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Eve Troutt Powell at Commencement

We Used to Dance Around the Pyramids at Night': Eve Troutt Powell Reflects on Time at AUC, in Cairo

Eve Troutt Powell (CASA '84, '89, '05), the Christopher M. Browne Professor of History and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered the keynote speech at AUC’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on June 22. 

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Support CASA@AUC...in Cairo

Widely recognized as the world's premier, full-immersion, Arabic-language program, CASA@AUC has trained more than 1,500 undergraduates, graduates and professors, who now occupy senior academic positions around the world and hold leading roles in the U.S. Department of State, international nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. 

I immersed myself, absorbing Arabic and the Egyptian culture. Not only was I able to meet some of my best friends and become proficient in Arabic, but my own core beliefs in life's purpose dramatically transformed.

Colette Ghunim ('YAB 13)
Documentary Filmmaker; Digital Media Associate, Skill Scout

For people in the Middle East, and Egypt in particular, being friendly and polite is taken for granted. You walk down the street here and exchange more niceties in a morning than you do in a year in other places.

Ben Wedeman (YAB ’81)
Senior International Correspondent, CNN

Related Links

Meet the Team

Iman Soliman

CASA Co-Director
iaziz@aucegypt.edu

Heba Salem

Executive Director
hebasalem@aucegypt.edu
casa@aucegypt.edu