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Nov

Cairo Papers Talk Series | Palestine: Confronting Genocide — Fragmented Wholeness: Ashlaa’ and the Theorization of Palestinian Overkill

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Online

In the face of the ongoing genocidal onslaught against Palestinians, Nadera Shalhoub of Prinston University centers ashlaa’—the dismembered body—as an analytic for theorizing Palestinian life, death, and resistance amidst genocide. Reading the settler-colonial project through the corpo-economy of the perpetually uncounted body—flesh smashed and scattered, sealed in plastic, decaying in shipping...

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25
Oct

Cairo Papers Talk Series | Palestine: Confronting Genocide — Faster Than Mourning: AI Killing, Existence and the Struggle Over Time

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Online

Palestine: Confronting Genocide Cairo Papers in Social Science, The American University in Cairo More than two years since the onset of the most recent genocide in Palestine, suffering, destruction, starvation, and massive displacement have remained an everyday reality in Palestine. The vast numbers of the dead, the wounded, and the missing continue to rise, along with the ruination of all ...

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13
Nov

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine - A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi

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AUC New Cairo

To situate the recent genocidal war in Gaza within its century-long historical and political context, renowned historian Rashid Khalidi, will be delivering a talk titled “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.” The talk will explore the present moment through a broader historical lens, offering a deeper understanding of the forces that have shaped the Palestinian struggle, the ramifications of th...

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04
Nov

Invisible Territories: A Story of a Monastery, a Well and the Formation of the Sovereign in Egypt

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AUC New Cairo

Through ethnographic fieldwork, my research tackles a recent legal and political conflict: a major monastery versus a Bedouin family over a charity well. This dispute immediately reveals the nested sovereignty (Simpson, 2017) that exists at the local level between state and non-state entities in Egypt.Crucially, I show that local sovereign non-state actors don't publicly claim their governing ...

Music - BA

The Music Program offers a dynamic and integrated approach to modern music education. Combining performance, composition, and technology, the program prepares students for diverse careers in the contemporary music industry. Students develop technical skills through ensemble performance in jazz, rock, and singer-songwriter settings, while gaining hands-on experience in recording, sound design, and film scoring. Emphasizing creativity, collaboration, and innovation, the curriculum bridges traditional musicianship with cutting-edge technology. Through applied learning and interdisciplinary projects, students cultivate the artistic and technical expertise needed to thrive as performers, producers, and creators in today’s evolving musical landscape.

two male students in a classroom playing musical instruments
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28
Oct

Cartoons as Political Critique in Ghana – a Close Look at the Work of Bright Ackwerh

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AUC New Cairo

The lecture focuses on the activist work of Ghanaian political cartoonist Bright Ackwerh. Bright is an artist who describes himself as a “pseudo-historian,” someone who responds to the gatekeeping practices of elite-owned and state-influenced media, by telling stories that media agencies are too afraid to tell. Bright’s political cartoons bring to the surface the unspoken and unseen worlds of e...

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10
Dec

Women of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Women’s Social Power in the First 11 Dynasties

AUC New Cairo

This lecture challenges the traditional focus on elite male narratives in ancient Egyptian history by examining the evolving social power of women from the Early Dynastic Period to the First Intermediate Period (Dynasties 1–11). Using Michael Mann’s Social Power Domains as a theoretical framework, the study analyzes women’s biographical inscriptions—mainly from funerary monuments—to map changes...