Architecture Student Develops Floating City Prototype to Save Coastal Cities
Nayer Rizkallah proposed a floating city prototype to accommodate displaced citizens and preserve cultural identity.
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Rashid Khalidi speaks on Palestine at AUC, sharing ideas about the inevitability of resistance, the need for Arab states to take more action...
Maysem Alagamy, a junior at AUC, was selected to represent Egypt at the Arab Capitals Youth Meeting by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
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