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Mental Health Week 2024

Get ready for an exciting week in celebration of World Mental Health Day! Show your support by wearing green and swing by our booth at Bartlett Plaza to grab a special gift. Don’t forget to snap a fun photo with your friends on campus and tag us—we can’t wait to see you there!

Oct

AUC Libraries' Digitization Center Open House

10:00 am

AUC New Cairo

The AUC Libraries’ Digitization Center invites you to see how digitization supports the preservation of Egypt's heritage. Join us on 16 October 2024 at an open house event at the Digitization Center, room 1029 from 10 am to 2.30 pm, on the first floor of the Library, where you have the chance to see its state-of-the-art equipment and learn about the steps in the digitization process that lead t...

Oct

Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

The Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) cordially invites you to attend a book talk by Hasan Mahmud, Assistant Professor in Residence, Sociology, Northwestern University in Qatar, on the book titled: "Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home" - On Sunday, October 13, 2024 - From 1 to 2 PM - at CVC p022, Meeting Room, AUC New Cairo and on We...

Oct

Violence in the City: How Do We Live in the Streets of Cairo?

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

This event will bring together leading experts in urban development, gender studies, and civil rights to delve into the intricate dynamics of violence in Cairo’s public spaces and its impact on the community. Panelists: Dr. Dalia Wahdan – Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration, AUC, and former advisor at UNDP. Dr. Dina Shehayeb – Professor and Program Director of A...

Oct

Qahwa & Kalam: Muslim Scholars in West Africa on the Eve of Colonialism

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us for an interesting talk, tackling how the West African Islamic clerisy was caught in the midst of a revolution against a perceivedly corrupt indigenous political establishment in the nineteenth century.

Oct

Mahshi: Food, Literature and Translation

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us for an exciting talk featuring translator Randa Abo Baker, who will explore the intriguing ways food is integrated into the narrative of the novel Kohl and Cardamom.

Oct

Theater performance - “Sa7ebna” (Our Friend)

Oct 17 – Oct 20

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

When a wealthy group of five friends reunite at a fancy summer home in the North Coast in Egypt (El-Sahel), their gathering takes an unexpected turn when they suddenly find out through social media that their sixth absent friend, Taymour, is getting married on the very same day - without inviting any of them. As they are forced to confront long-buried conflicts, secrets, insecurities, and feel...

Oct

The Mitigation, Adaptation and Health Nexus: A New Sustainability Agenda

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

We are delighted to invite you to a thought-provoking public talk by Dr. Rokia Raslan, Professor and Research Associate in Built Environment Decarbonisation at University College London (UCL). Titled "The Mitigation, Adaptation, and Health Nexus: A New Sustainability Agenda," this talk will explore the connection between healthier workplaces, improved working conditions, and sustainable economi...

Oct

The Middle East After Nasrallah

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

This talk will discuss the future of the Middle East in light of Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination and the recent escalation of violence. How will the region navigate the dynamics of instability and the prospects for geopolitical changes and regional war?

Oct

Isis String Orchestra Featuring Winners of Nicolas Latif Music Awards 2024

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join this exciting night with Isis String Orchestra, a Cairo-based amateur orchestra that focuses on Western classical music with light compositions from the Arabic repertoire.