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The Caucasian Chalk Circle Play

The Caucasian Chalk Circle, inspired by Bertolt Brecht's acclaimed play, comes to the stage under the direction of Omar Raafat, with dramaturgy by Rania Hashem and George Fares. Featuring music by Marwan Fawzy, set design by Nada Abdel Hamid, lighting by Saber El Sayed, and costumes by Hend El Shaary, this contemporary production brings one of the world's greatest theatrical classics to life at...

Sep

12th Edition of the All-Africa University Games

Sep 9 – Sep 16

8:00 am – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

For the first time in Egypt, AUC hosts the All-African University Games, bringing together student-athletes from across the continent in a celebration of sport, diversity and excellence.

Sep

Daydreaming

Sep 10 – Sep 12

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Daydreaming is a theatrical performance about a man who uses fantasy as a coping mechanism to deal with the difficulty of confronting the reality of the most significant relationships to him. As he attempts to find a sense of relief and meaning in his life and relationships, the lines between reality and illusion become blurry. 10th, 11th and 12th of September, 2026 at 8:00 pm – Doors Open: ...

Sep

CuttingEEG Cairo Garden 2026

Sep 21 – Sep 25

10:00 am

AUC New Cairo

Join researchers, clinicians and engineers for five days of hands-on electroencephalography workshops, expert lectures and global plenary talks at CuttingEEG Cairo Garden 2026.

Sep

History Hash Outs | Cairo and the African Revolution: The Making of an Anti-Colonial Hub

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Sara Hussein of the University of California as she examines mid-twentieth-century Cairo as a global hub for Afro-Arab liberation networks.

Oct

History Hash Outs | Governing Muslims: Law and the Making of Russian Imperial Rule in Crimea, 1783–1850

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Discover how Russian imperial rule reshaped Muslim Crimea from 1783 to 1850, with Dilyara Agisheva of AUC.

Oct

History Hash Outs | Building the Future: Cold War Development in Egypt and the Gulf

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Learn how Egyptians imagined future development between decolonization and neoliberal globalization with Masha Kirasirova of New York University Abu Dhabi.

Oct

History Hash Outs | Out of the Phoenix’s Ashes: Valentine de Saint-Point and the Eastern

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Trace the incredible post-World War I journey of French writer Valentine de Saint-Point to Cairo with historian Mariam Elashmawy.

Nov

History Hash Outs | Alexandria Again: Islamic Philosophy and Decolonisation in Mid-20th Century Egypt

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Discover how modern Egyptian philosophers reclaimed Alexandrian cosmopolitanism for an independent Egypt, with Simon Conrad of the Orient-Institute Beirut.

Sep

History Hash Outs | History as a Creative Practice: Making the Past Public

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore history as a creative practice beyond academia with Yasmine El Dorghamy, founder of Rawi Publishing