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Nov

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

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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 ...

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28
Oct

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

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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...

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25
Oct

D-CAF: The Body Symphonic | الجسد السيمفوني

Oct 25 – Oct 26
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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...

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19
Oct

The Light Within | نور

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AUC Tahrir Square

The Light Within explores the notion of inner light. How do we continue to shine in dark times? How can we stand in solidary, in unity, in community? On stage, a dance trio plays with the edges of light and dark. يستكشف عرض "نور" فكرة النور الداخلي. كيف نستمر في الإشعاع في الأوقات الحالكة؟ كيف نقف في تضامن ووحدة وجماعة؟ على خشبة المسرح، يلعب ثلاثي من الراقصين على حافتي النور والظلام.