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Heya Masr Foundation 10th Anniversary Celebration

Join us in celebrating a decade of empowerment and positive change in the lives of Egyptian children and youth, featuring Moody Demery, the founder of Amalna Heya Masr Foundation.

Oct

Making Routes: A Virtual Book Discussion

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Online

Join us for the virtual book discussion of Making Routes: Mobility and the Politics of Migration in the Global South, (AUC Press, 2024), a rich interdisciplinary study of the diversity and dynamics of the migrations of displaced peoples across the Global South. The discussion will be with book editors Gerda Heck, Eda Sevinin, Elena Habersky and Carlos Sandoval-García, with contributor Kudakwash...

Nov

Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Geometries of Imperialism in the 21st Century, Featuring Étienne Balibar

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join the renowned French philosopher Étienne Balibar's lecture on imperialism, inspired by Edward Said's Orientalism, analyzing modernity's cultural divides and domination structures.

Oct

Palestine Past and Present with Rashid Khalidi

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Online

In commemoration of the first anniversary of the war in Gaza, Alternative Policy Solutions (APS) and the Middle East Studies Program (MESP) at the American University in Cairo are organizing a webinar entitled "Palestine Past and Present with Rashid Khalidi". Renowned historian Rashid Khalidi’s most recent book “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” came out in 2020, to much acclaim. Over the...

Oct

The War on Gaza One Year On: Tough Questions about the Future

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

In commemoration of the first anniversary of the war in Gaza, Alternative Policy Solutions (APS) and the Middle East Studies Program (MESP) at the American University in Cairo are organizing a panel entitled “Tough Questions about the Future” While the horrors of this war exceed any of the previous rounds of violence experienced by the Palestinians, it has also brought into sharp focus tough...

Dec

Yoga for Happiness

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Interactive vinyasa yoga class that helps participants to awaken their senses when flowing from a pose to another with the synchronicity of breath to find serenity, balance, peace and discover the wonders of the divine powers.

Dec

Voices of Change: Empowering Leadership For All

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us in celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities at AUC with a week full of insightful and interactive activities created by AUC students. Experience the world from different perspectives with an autism simulation, "Sensory Overload," and take part in hands-on workshops exploring sign language in the classroom, as well as simulations of OCD and ADHD. Get moving with ada...

Nov

Meditative Breathing to Release Stress

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

AUC New Cairo

Interactive workshop that helps participants to learn and experience different meditative breathing techniques to reduce stress and anxiety and boost their overall mental, physical and spiritual wellness.

Sep

Physical Wellbeing: Living a More Mindful and Healthy Life (Nutrition, Sleep, Exercise)

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Focusing on the concept of mind-body integration and its impact on students' physical, mental and emotional wellbeing; covering wellness aspects related to nutrition, exercising, sleeping, mindfulness and meditation.

Sep

AI and Ethics in Research: Perspectives from the Think Tank Sector

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

This talk will explore the novel and complex ethical questions, limitations and challenges that AI raises in the research environment. Building on perspectives from the think tank sector in the UK, the talk will touch on both the importance of ethics and how the think tank sector navigates and safeguards complex ethical questions. It will further explore the potential uses of AI in researc...