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Interpreting Surah Al-Mulk: Al-Baydawi (D. 1319, Iran) And Al-Khafaji’s (D. 1659, Egypt) Quran Commentaries

Seminar by Walid Saleh, Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto The seminar is part of the Department of Applied Linguistics and the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations Spring 2023 lecture series titled: Humanities in the Islamicate World: Language, Knowledge and Meaning

May

Grief - Coping with Loss

1:00 pm – 1:50 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us to learn about the stages of grief and strategies to help you cope with loss

May

A History of Tafsir and Cairo As a Cultural Islamic Capital

12:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Public lecture by Walid Saleh Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto The Public lecture is part of the Department of Applied Linguistics and the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations Spring 2023 lecture series titled: Humanities in the Islamicate World: Language, Knowledge and Meaning For more information: aric@a...

May

Cairo Choral Society Concert

May 11 – May 12

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

The Cairo Choral Society and Cairo Festival Orchestra will present a concert of music for chorus, orchestra, and soloists, by Handel, Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert. The program will include Haydn’s majestic Te Deum and three of his witty, good-natured part songs, Mozart’s graceful, energetic Regina coeli, and Schubert’s Mirjam’s Siegesgesang, a stirring portrayal of an Old Testament story, as wel...

May

From History Department to the Crown

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

You are invited to join us in the assembly hour to get to meet with Nourhan Tewfik, former history minor student, and has recently consulted on the Egyptian/Arabic segments of Netflix’s The Crown. It will be on Wednesday, May 10th at 1 pm at the History Department conference room. Tewfik is an arts journalist, translator and researcher. Her writing has appeared in Abu Dhabi’s The National,...

May

The First World War in the Shaping of the Middle East

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) will hold an event in cooperation with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of History) titled "The First World War in the Shaping of the Middle East" - Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 2:00 - 3:30 P.M. (Cairo Time) (GMT+2) - CVC Meeting Room - P022, AUC New Campus and Online. In addition, the event will be conducted as an onl...

May

Urban Climate Symposium: Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries

May 2 – May 3

8:30 am

AUC New Cairo

Take part in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) Urban Climate hybrid symposium titled Cities and Climate Change in Developing Countries.

May

Express Yourself With Art

1:00 pm – 1:55 pm

AUC New Cairo

Learn the Mandala technique to achieve mindfulness & stress relief

May

A Visionary’s Insights on Business, Philanthropy and International Rapprochement

10:00 am – 11:30 am

AUC New Cairo

Join the eminent and highly influential businessman, philanthropist and global citizen, Dr. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, as he shares insights into his business philosophy, philanthropic and humanitarian work, and efforts to advance intercultural understanding between East and West.

May

Simple Generation and the Semantics of Impossible Objects

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

An exciting seminar by keynote speaker Asad Q. Ahmed, Magistretti Distinguished Professor of M.E. Languages and Cultures Professor, Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of California, Berkeley.