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25
Sep

U.S. Immigration Policies: Challenges for African and Middle Eastern Migrants

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AUC Tahrir Square

The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) warmly invites you to an engaging lecture on the history and current challenges of U.S. immigration policy for African and Middle Eastern Migrants. Event Details: Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Venue: Room 602, Hill House, Tahrir Campus, AUC Through this lec...

Meet Our New Faculty

A collage of new faculty members
Zoe Carver, Olatunji Osho-Willaims
September 22, 2025

This fall we are welcoming fourteen new faculty members to the AUC community! The incoming faculty are bringing their diverse backgrounds and varied research interests to AUC, with studies ranging from food assistance programs to climate responsive design to jazz pedagogy and everything in between. We’re happy to welcome them to the University and get to know them through their video introductions.

Get to Know Our New Faculty

Our new faculty members are arriving to campus this fall with fresh perspectives, unique experiences, and hands-on knowledge! Find out about what each new faculty member plans to bring to the AUC community. 

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Mohamed Alaa El Hadidy

Mohamed Alaa El Hadidy

Professor of Practice

Department of Public Policy and Administration

 

Research Interests: Foreign policy and diplomacy
Mohamed ElKaramany

Mohamed Elkaramany 

Assistant Professor

Department of Public Policy and Administration

 

Research Interests: Nonprofit management, food assistance programs and social protection policy
Nina Ellis

Nina Ellis

Assistant Professor

Department of English and Comparative Literature

 

Research Interests: 21st-century literature, creative writing and literary “American counterculture”
 
Heba Fathelbab

Heba Fathelbab

Instructor

Department of Rhetoric and Composition

 

Research Interests: Communicative language teaching as well as critical engagement with language, culture and identity in diverse educational contexts
Seham Ghalwash

Seham Ghalwash

Assistant Professor

Heikal Department of Management

 

Research Interests: Social entrepreneurship, sustainability transitions and institutional change 
William Raymond Johnson

William Raymond Johnson

Professor

Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology

 

Research Interests: Ancient Egyptian late 18th Dynasty, during the reigns of Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay and Horemheb
Tamara Maatouk

Tamara Maatouk

Assistant Professor

Department of the Arts

 

Research Interests: Egyptian cinema, political economy of film and film as history
A picture of Islam

Islam Mashaly

Assistant Professor

Department of Architecture

 

Research Interests: Sustainable urban mobility, climate-responsive design and data-driven environmental visualization
Adolfo Mendonca

Adolfo Mendonca

Assistant Professor

Department of the Arts

 

Research Interests: Brazilian music, jazz pedagogy and interculturality 
Professor Bagryana

Bagryana Popov

Assistant Professor

Department of the Arts

 

Research Interests: Site-specific, devised, environmental and movement theatre 
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Ariane Cäcilie Schneck

Assistant Professor

Department of Philosophy

 

Research Interests: Early modern and feminist philosophy
Matthew Shannon

Matthew Shannon

Associate Professor

Sultan Al-Qasimi Department of History

 

Research Interests: American history and U.S.-Middle East relations
Maryam Taghavi

Maryam Taghavi

Associate Professor of Practice

Department of the Arts

 

Research Interests: Islamic occult practices, calligraphy and abstraction 
Ahmed Tohamy

Ahmed Tohamy

Instructor

Mohamed Shafik Gabr Department of Economics

 

Research Interests: Corporate finance, taxation and inequality
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24
Sep

Power and Politics Through Keywords (And the Politics of Land)

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AUC New Cairo

Power and politics do operate through keywords in everyday life. “No trespassing” is one of the most ubiquitous keywords we see in the world. It is deployed in order to claim and protect the ownership of something, often land, by someone. It is a keyword that excludes. Keywords neither self-interpret nor self-implement. Activation of keywords unfolds in the actual dynamics of social relations a...

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Sep

Book Talk: Agricultural Cooperatives in the Age of Neoliberalism : Experiences of Resistance and Adaptation , and Opportunities for the Solidarity Economy

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AUC New Cairo

edited by Mohamed Gamal Ali and Saqer El Nour: Amid the economic and social transformations unfolding in the Arab world, there is a growing need to seek more just and sustainable development models capable of overcoming the failures of neoliberalism. In this context, this collective volume seeks to shed light on cooperatives as one of the possible alternatives, bringing together critical and a...

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23
Sep

المسألة الزراعية: تحدي ثلاثة عقود من السياسات الزراعية النيوليبرالية

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AUC Tahrir Square

تسعي جلسات النقاش المفتوحة تحت عنوان "المسألة الزراعية: تحدي ثلاثة عقود من السياسات الزراعية النيوليبرالية" إلى تعزيز الحوار النقدي بين الخبراء والباحثين والأكاديميين والناشطين والطلاب حول سياسات التغيير الزراعي. يتمركز الحدث حول الإطلاق الرسمي للترجمات العربية لثلاثة عناوين مختارة من سلسلة مبادرات الدراسات الزراعية النقدية (ICAS)، وهي مجموعة تستكشف القضايا الزراعية المعاصرة، وإطلاق كتاب ”التعا...