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Meditative Breathing to Release Stress

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...

Oct

Art D'Egypte Forever Is Now .04

Oct 26 – Oct 30

1:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Unearth the dialogue between antiquity and modern artistry. This year’s edition will feature exciting talks, offering insights into visual awareness and the intersection of art and design.

Oct

Mountains of the Pharaohs: An In-Person Book Talk with Zahi Hawass

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Zahi Hawass about the new paperback edition of his book "Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders". Hawass will walk us through the story of the pyramids, weaving archaeological data with a history of Egypt’s powerful pharaohs, and argues that the pyramids—including the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the only one of the Seven Wonders of th...

Oct

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF)

Oct 17 – Nov 10

1:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Experience innovation across global multidisciplinary art that reshapes audience and performer interactions.

Sep

Women in the US Naval Academy: Past, Present and Future

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us to hear from our international AUC students who are also female midshipmen at the US Naval Academy. They will share their ambitions, challenges and career aspirations in the US Navy and Marine Corps.

Sep

An Empirical Study of Blockchain-Driven Transparency in a Consumer Marketplace

12:45 pm

AUC New Cairo

By understanding how utilizing structural estimation helps understand how consumers assess product attributes and quality, the seminar discusses blockchain technology’s impact on consumer marketplaces and highlights that consumer responses (and welfare effects) vary in sophistication and size based on their prior experience with the product category. Additionally, the seminar will establish tha...

Sep

Ensemble Aventure Performs Leqaát, Encounters

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Ensemble Aventure is a Freiburg-based contemporary music ensemble of Egyptian and German composers renowned for its concert series, international collaborations as well as numerous premieres. This concert program focuses on the encounters between oriental cultural traditions and contemporary music of Western influence. This is particularly evident in the new works by composers Amr Okba, Hossa...

Sep

The Philosophy of Education in Egypt

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

With the start of the new academic year and in light of the latest reforms announced by the Ministry of Education, the debate regarding the philosophy of education in Egypt is being reignited. What is the purpose of the educational process? Is it to build human capacity or prepare people for the labor market? To answer those questions and understand how the newest cascade of policies fit...