AUC New Cairo

Contesting the State: Political Theology in Modern Egypt

Prof. Eltantawi will examine how competing understandings of religion and the state since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Khedivate informs political theology in Egypt's contemporary period.

Feb

AI as a Second Brain

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

This interactive workshop introduces students to practical ways of using artificial intelligence as a strategic thinking partner across entrepreneurship, branding, marketing, and business strategy. Designed for undergraduate students, the session explores how AI can function as a “second brain” to support idea development, decision-making, and business planning. Participants will learn how to a...

Feb

Breathe Free: Smoking Cessation and Wellness Day

9:00 am

AUC New Cairo

Join us for Breathe Free, a full day smoking cessation and wellness event dedicated to supporting a healthier, smoke-free community. In collaboration with Johnson & Johnson, the Office of Medical Services will offer smoking cessation consultations, vital signs measurements, and access to a Nicorette awareness booth, along with physicians on-site, giveaways, and interactive activities. Learn a...

Feb

They Are Bleeding Us: Following Water Through Infrastructure, Value, Scarcity and Protest in Jordan

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Speaker: Fred Wojnarowski, British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics This talk develops the central argument of my book project through an ethnographic journey that follows water across the infrastructures and moral worlds it links. It takes the titular claim - made by a farmer-activist in the poor, marginalised rural district of Dhi...

Apr

Yoga for Happiness

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Don't miss this interactive vinyasa yoga class that will help awaken your senses as you flow from one pose to another, in synchronicity with breath, to find serenity, balance and peace.

Feb

Can a Dialogue Be a Work of Art?

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

This talk introduces the concept of an aesthetics of conversation, focusing on the creative, formally sensitive, and freely inventive dimensions of dialogue beyond its functional, social, or informational purposes.

Feb

The 8th Annual Political Science Conference

Feb 11 – Feb 12

9:30 am

AUC New Cairo

The Middle East in Transition: Regional Realignments and the Future of Post-Conflict Reconstruction, with Particular Reference to the Palestinian Cause Keynote Speaker: H.E. Mr. Amr Moussa, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Secretary General of the Arab League The Arab Republic of Egypt. Concluding Remarks: Mr. Ezzat Ibrahim, Editor-in-Chief, Al-Ahram Weekly Conference Organiz...

Feb

Moral Disenchantment and Self-Reckoning Among Coptic Activists in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Fouad Halbouni to explore Coptic activists’ moral striving after Egypt’s revolution, revealing enduring ethical labor amid repression and disillusionment.

Feb

Hekaya Bel-Maqloub | Theatrical Play

Feb 11 – Feb 12

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Don’t just watch—experience this play, tapping into Egyptian family dynamics, equality, class and gender through audience participation.

Feb

Invisible Realms, Beings That Shimmer: Lively Mutualities of Mystical and Multispecies Worlds on the Swahili Coast

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore Swahili Coast mysteries as anthropologist Nathalie Arnold reveals mystical arts and pigeons bridging visible and invisible worlds today.

Contesting the State: Political Theology in Modern Egypt

AI as a Second Brain

Breathe Free: Smoking Cessation and Wellness Day

They Are Bleeding Us: Following Water Through Infrastructure, Value, Scarcity and Protest in Jordan

Yoga for Happiness

Can a Dialogue Be a Work of Art?

The 8th Annual Political Science Conference

Moral Disenchantment and Self-Reckoning Among Coptic Activists in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

Hekaya Bel-Maqloub | Theatrical Play

Invisible Realms, Beings That Shimmer: Lively Mutualities of Mystical and Multispecies Worlds on the Swahili Coast

AUC Tahrir Square

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