GAPP | The American University in Cairo

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قانون حرية المعلومات: تشريع منتظر وشائعات لا تنتظر I Freedom of Information Law: Awaited Legislation and Unchecked Rumors

قانون حرية المعلومات... تشريع منتظر وشائعات لا تنتظر تنادي الجماعة الصحفية منذ سنوات عديدة بإصدار قانون يضمن حرية تداول المعلومات لما في ذلك من ضمان لحق المجتمع في المعرفة وكذلك لمواجهة الشائعات والأخبار المغلوطة. والحكومة من جانبها أيضا تؤكد على أهمية إصدار مثل هذا القانون، ولكن رغم اتفاق الجميع، فإن التشريع المنتظر لم يخرج إلى النور بعد. تناقش هذه الندوة أهمية سن قانون لتنظيم تداول المعلوما...

Feb

Moral Disenchantment and Self-Reckoning Among Coptic Activists in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Fouad Halbouni to explore Coptic activists’ moral striving after Egypt’s revolution, revealing enduring ethical labor amid repression and disillusionment.

Feb

Hekaya Bel-Maqloub | Theatrical Play

Feb 11 – Feb 12

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Don’t just watch—experience this play, tapping into Egyptian family dynamics, equality, class and gender through audience participation.

Feb

Invisible Realms, Beings That Shimmer: Lively Mutualities of Mystical and Multispecies Worlds on the Swahili Coast

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore Swahili Coast mysteries as anthropologist Nathalie Arnold reveals mystical arts and pigeons bridging visible and invisible worlds today.

Apr

Naqlun: Life on the Fringes of Society and the Ecosystem

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a talk featuring Robert Mahler, researcher at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland, for a deep dive into the evolution of the Naqlun monastery.

Feb

Digital Abuse and Gender-Based Violence in Egypt: Impacts of the Digital Manosphere in Social Media, Video Games and Legal Lawsuits

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Speakers: 1- SPEAK UP platform representative talking about: Defining the manosphere & discussing the impact of digital abuse, AI & GBV on women's safety, mental & physical health. 2- Professor Mohamed El- Gayar, AUC Adjunct Faculty, CASAR, School of GAPP 3- Counselor Mohamed Samir, Spokesperson for the Administrative Prosecution Authority (APA) – Ministry of Justice, Egypt The panel...

Feb

Mobility Across Empire: Religion, Imperial Encounter and Diasporic Life

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Speaker: Candace Lukasik, Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University Journeying across sites in the Middle East and the United States, this talk draws on ethnographic research with Coptic Orthodox and Assyrian Christian communities to examine how imperial intervention, war, and migration shape religious life. From indigenous and minoritized perspectives, I trace how borders, racializa...

Feb

Qahwa and Kalam: How to Write About Empires by Nelly Hanna

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Qahwa and Kalam: How to Write about Empires Nelly Hanna '62 & '80 Distinguished University Professor, Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, AUC Author of Empires in Friction: Egypt in the Sixteenth Century (2025) In Conversation with Amina Elbendary '96 & '00 Associate Professor of Middle East History, ARIC, AUC Monday 16 February, 2026 1.00-2.00pm Waleed/HUSS P071 Hal...

Feb

Qahwa and Kalam: Estrangement in Arabic Poetry—Past and Present by William Granara

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Monday 9 February, 2026 Qahwa and Kalam 1.00-2.00pm Location: Waleed/ HUSS Building PO 71, AUC New Cairo Campus "Estrangement in Arabic Poetry: Past and Present” William Granara Research Professor of Arabic, Harvard University Blurb: In this talk Professor Granara juxtaposes the poetics of Mahmoud Darwish and Ibn Hamdis, interrogating shared motifs of exile, betrayal, and the lo...

Feb

Future Palestine: Implementing the Right of Return - فلسطين المستقبل: نحو تطبيق حق العودة

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Talk: Future Palestine: Implementing the Right of Return - فلسطين المستقبل: نحو تطبيق حق العودة Seventy-eight years of exile and denial of the application of international law did not bring peace to the Middle East. I propose a plan to apply international law without major displacement to the existing population. The study is based on an extensive demographic, geographic, and economic study ...