18 Nov Urban Spaces of Cairo 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm AUC Tahrir Square Don't miss the screening of this intriguing documentary, which reveals historical sustainability patterns in the built environment and highlights trade, transport and community innovation.
26 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.
28 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...
13 Nov The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine - A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm AUC New Cairo Renowned historian Rashid Khalidi discusses Gaza’s ongoing war within a century of struggle, exploring history, solidarity and the future of Palestine.
04 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 ...
21 Oct L’Echo | الصدى 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm AUC Tahrir Square In this powerful duet, choreographer and dancer Nacera Belaza, alongside actress Valérie Dréville, explore the body as a vessel for the imagination. L’echo delves into the potential and expressive nature of dance, which they find to be a spoken word within the body. The two artists met through the Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis à Bobigny (MC93), in an encounter striving to break down...
23 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...
22 Oct DRONE: Testimonies and Music | درون: شهادات وموسيقى Oct 22 – Oct 23 10:00 pm – 10:45 pm AUC Tahrir Square DRONE, written and directed by Andrea Assaf, is a multimedia theatre exploration of the drone as a metaphor for desensitisation to global violence and the effects of remote-control warfare on the human soul. It also centers the quest of moral injury–the psychological and spiritual wounds caused by acting against one’s own moral beliefs. Testimonies & Music presents a reworked version of DRONE, ...
02 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.
19 Oct The Light Within | نور 8:00 pm – 8:40 pm 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.
