05 Apr A Better You Workshop: Meditation with Shahira Al Maghallawy 12:15 pm AUC New Cairo We have all the answers within us... We need to quiet down long enough to hear them, and this is the purpose of meditation; It is a connection with our higher self
05 May International Jazz Day 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm AUC Tahrir Square A fabulous lineup of classic and avant-garde in celebration of this global art form.
26 Apr Allegra String Quartet: Classical Goes Pop! 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm AUC New Cairo Enjoy your favorite pop songs played by a classical string quartet. The Allegra Quartet performs hits by Radiohead, Britney Spears, Adele, Ed Sheeran, and more! Musicians include: Moura Mikhail, violin; Aly Albahrawy, violin; Judith Uttendorfer, viola; and Mohamed Ahmed, cello.
08 May Said El-Artist and the Group 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm AUC Tahrir Square Enjoy a special night with master tabla player Said El-Artist, who will present dozens of his students in a grand concert spanning multiple generations of rhythmic colors.
15 May Business as a Force for Good 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Online Join Andrew Kassoy, co-founder of B Lab Global, as he discusses how the B Corp Movement is setting an example for transforming our economic system.
02 Apr Information Session on the New Series of Philosophy Courses 12:15 pm AUC New Cairo Learn about the new series of seminars that will focus on questions, themes and motifs of thought that have evolved both in Arabic and Islamic philosophy and in the modern and contemporary western canons of philosophy.
06 Apr Unpacking the Draft Egyptian Personal Status Law 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm AUC New Cairo As an Egyptian citizen, do you know your family and personal status rights? Join us at Mansour hall on April 6 for a dynamic session with Azzza Soliman, co-founder of Center For Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA), as she decrypts the draft Egyptian Status Law and the controversy around it! This workshop is organized by Tomorrow's Leaders Gender Scholars (TLS) program to mainstream gen...
02 Apr The Role of the Qurʾān in the Arabic Linguistic Tradition 11:00 am – 12:00 pm AUC New Cairo By Dr. Dr. Ramzi Baalbaki, the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Chair of Arabic at the American University of Beirut and the Head of the Academic Council of the Doha Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language. The 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:...
27 Mar GAPP Tahrir Dialogue #104: Europe in a Changing World 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Online The world is facing a Zeitenwende: an epochal tectonic shift.” that’s how Olaf Schulz, the German Chancellor, started his article in the Foreign Affairs Magazine. For Germany, the Zeitenwende means a new era that is rule-based, with multilateral solutions to global problems, one that also has new global powers asserting their national interests and NATO members increasing military expenditure. ...
27 Mar Triangle of Sadness and Philosophy Discussion 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm AUC New Cairo Come watch the oscar-nominated film Triangle of Sadness (2022), followed by a lively discussion of the philosophical issues that the film raises.