SCE | The American University in Cairo

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https://sce.aucegypt.edu/

Urban Spaces of Cairo

Surveying the evolution of urban spaces in Cairo, this documentary follows an exhibition at the Grand Egyptian Museum that uncovers historical patterns of sustainability within the built environment of Egypt’s historic capital. The film highlights the exhibition’s exploration of Cairo’s development through three key components of urban sustainability: Trade, Transport, and Community. It is a vi...

Oct

Development of Space Technology in Egypt

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join AUC Professor Sherif Sedky as he explores the global evolution of space technology and Egypt’s growing role in this dynamic field.

Oct

The MENA Family Business Research Conference

Oct 28 – Oct 29

9:00 am

AUC New Cairo

The MENA Family Business Research Conference (MENA-FBRC) is a two-day international event convened by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) at Onsi Sawiris School of Business, The American University in Cairo (AUC). It will take place on October 28–29, 2025, at Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo Campus, under the overarching theme: Family Businesses at a Crossroads: From Legacy t...

Nov

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine - A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

To situate the recent genocidal war in Gaza within its century-long historical and political context, renowned historian Rashid Khalidi, will be delivering a talk titled “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.” The talk will explore the present moment through a broader historical lens, offering a deeper understanding of the forces that have shaped the Palestinian struggle, the ramifications of th...

Nov

Invisible Territories: A Story of a Monastery, a Well and the Formation of the Sovereign in Egypt

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Through ethnographic fieldwork, my research tackles a recent legal and political conflict: a major monastery versus a Bedouin family over a charity well. This dispute immediately reveals the nested sovereignty (Simpson, 2017) that exists at the local level between state and non-state entities in Egypt.Crucially, I show that local sovereign non-state actors don't publicly claim their governing ...

Dec

Awful Anthropology: On the Pains of Doing Anthropology that Breaks your Heart

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Hear Professor Maryam Fouad on the affective and ethical burdens of fieldwork, exploring how anthropology's power lies in bearing witness.

Nov

IEEE Middle East Conference on Communications and Networking (MECOM) 2025

Nov 4 – Nov 6

9:00 am

AUC Tahrir Square

Join this gathering of global researchers to share knowledge on the latest communications and networking topics.

Oct

Cartoons as Political Critique in Ghana – a Close Look at the Work of Bright Ackwerh

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

The lecture focuses on the activist work of Ghanaian political cartoonist Bright Ackwerh. Bright is an artist who describes himself as a “pseudo-historian,” someone who responds to the gatekeeping practices of elite-owned and state-influenced media, by telling stories that media agencies are too afraid to tell. Bright’s political cartoons bring to the surface the unspoken and unseen worlds of e...

Oct

D-CAF: The Body Symphonic | الجسد السيمفوني

Oct 25 – Oct 26

8:00 pm – 8:50 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

“The body is a sacred place, because it bursts with life, and lasts briefly.” – Etel Adnan The body symphonic is a performance-concert that observes the body as a site of resistance. The work engages with the body as it journeys through rituals of excavation–revealing new and unbound mythologies that allow for a limitless agency of self-representation and rootedness. Created in response to...

Oct

D-CAF: Gaza O My Joy | غزة أيها الفرح

8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

What Does it Mean to Be a Poet in War Time? is a poem by Hend Jouda, published on her Facebook in October 2023, at the height of the massacres in Gaza. Iconic and immediately viral, it was translated into multiple languages. This fundamental question forms the backbone of the show, which gathers other poems that bear witness to the tragedy, terror and desolation. It also explores the poets’ and...