Benefit Dinner 2018

Celebrating CASA's 50th Anniversary

The American University in Cairo's Seventh Annual Benefit Dinner

Sahar Nasr looks to share her global vision as the new Minister of International Cooperation

GUEST SPEAKER

H.E. Dr. Sahar Nasr ’85, ’90 Egypt’s Minister of Investment and International Cooperation
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DISTINGUISHED CASA ALUMNA

Susan Peters (CASA ’98) Senior Advisor, ABANA
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MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Lois “Elle” Johnson TV Writer and Producer
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AUC raised over $600,000 for the CASA Endowment Fund at its seventh annual benefit dinner in New York City.

Past Honorees

Abdallah Jum’ah ’65

Former president and CEO of Saudi Aramco
Shafik Gabr

Shafik Gabr ’73

Chair and Managing Director, ARTOC Group for Investment and Development

Azza Kamel ’83

Founder and Director, Alwan wa Awtar NGO
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Monica Hanna ’04, ’07

Award-Winning Egyptian Archaeologist

Haifaa Al-Mansour ’97

Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker

Rana El-Kaliouby ’98 ’00

Chief Science Officer of Affectiva

Heba Morayef ’02

Egypt director of Human Rights Watch
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John F. W. Rogers

Executive Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Mustafa Abdel-Wadood ’91

Chief Executive Officer, Abraaj Group Limited

Perihan Abou-Zeid ’09

Co-founder and Communications Director, Qabila Media Production
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Shahira Amin ’78

Journalist and Former Deputy Head of Nile TV International
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Ben Wedeman ’81

CNN Senior International Correspondent
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Amr Waked ’96

Actor
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Suad Al-Husseini Juffali

Chair of the Ahmed Juffali Foundation