26 Nov Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition Nov 26 – Dec 8 8:30 am AUC Tahrir Square This exhibition showcases the work of the Calligraphy Club students of the Arabic Language Intensive and the CASA@AUC programs in Fall 2024.
25 Nov Psychosocial Aspects of Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm AUC New Cairo Join Prof. Enoch Teye-Kwadjo to explore breast cancer in Ghana, focusing on early detection, patient insights and effective management.
10 Dec Melancholy of the Oppressed 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm AUC Tahrir Square Join us for a lecture exploring how Arab cultural expressions confront loss, defeat and resistance with profound insights.
20 Nov History Hash Outs: Tapestries of Text and Time 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm AUC New Cairo Join us for a roundtable discussion over lunch to hear about merging History and Literature with Dr. Samah Selim, Professor of Literature at Rutgers University & Fulbright U.S. Distinguished Scholar. The Chairs of ARIC, ECLT & HIST will also share their experiences and how easy it is to double major/minor between our programs.
12 Nov El Salon Nov 12 – Nov 23 7:59 pm – 9:00 pm AUC New Cairo Come watch the exciting play El-Salon, which tells the story of a beauty salon in Cairo where staff and customers alike seek escape and transformation as lives intersect and struggles unfold.
25 Nov Streets of Old Jerusalem 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm AUC New Cairo Learn from Yasir Suleiman of the University of Cambridge about the Arab-Zionist conflict by analyzing a set of public signs from the linguistic landscape of the Old City of Jerusalem.
24 Nov Language and Inter-Ethnic Conflict 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm AUC New Cairo Join Professor Emeritus of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge Yasir Suleiman for this workshop in which he will examine two texts to tease out the fate of Arabic among Arab/Mizrahi Jews in Israel about Hebrew in an Ashkenazi-dominated context.
20 Nov Language Is Not Neutral 11:30 am AUC New Cairo Join Yasir Suleiman, Professor Emeritus of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge, as he examines a short text probe the political meanings of Arabic in a conflict-ridden environment.
17 Nov Arabic in a Turbulent World 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm AUC New Cairo The lecture will investigate the entanglement of Arabic in the Discourse on Terrorism in post-9/11 America, using an interdisciplinary perspective combining securitization, lateral surveillance, linguistic profiling, and language symbolism.
18 Nov Arabic Language and Identity 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm AUC New Cairo This workshop engages participants in the art of literary analysis through synthesis, using poetry as a medium for deeper exploration. A key focus is on introducing culturally and linguistically significant works. The session promotes critical language and cultural pedagogy, encouraging collaborative discussion. It will also take into account the Arabic Language Indicative Law, issued by the In...
