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Egypt’s Foreign Policy in Focus: Strategic Drivers and Regional Dynamics

Join us for an insightful talk with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates, Badr Abdelatty, as he discusses “Egypt’s Foreign Policy in Focus: Strategic Drivers and Regional Dynamics.”

Jan

Great Arab Minds: A New Era for Arab Excellence and Global Impact

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

The discussion will introduce the Great Arab Minds initiative, its mission, and its impact across its six categories. A talk by H.E. Saeed Al Nazari, he Chief Executive Officer of The Development Office at the Executive Office of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. He currently serves as Secretary-General of the Great Arab Minds initiative and is the General Coordinator of the Dubai...

Jan

Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children Is Back for Its 15th Edition!

Jan 31 – Feb 4

9:00 am – 10:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Celebrate 15 years of Hakawy Festival with theatre for children and families, featuring performances from Egypt, Switzerland, UK and beyond.

Feb

History Hash Outs: What History Can Do For Your Career

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Caroline Nassar is the Assistant Director of Career Advising at AUC Career Center, where she leads individualized career advising, program development, and innovative strategies to support students’ career readiness. She specializes in advising undergraduates and graduates on major choice, career planning, resume and cover letter critiques, mock interviews, and job search strategies.

Feb

History Hash Outs: The Call for a Socialist Cinema in 1960s Egypt

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Name and Title: Tamara Maatouk, Assistant Professor of Film Studies Title of the talk: The Call for a Socialist Cinema in 1960s Egypt Bio: Tamara Maatouk is a historian of the modern Middle East and North Africa with a focus on film as an art, industry, and social practice. In her first book, Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture (AUC Press, 2019, repr. 2023),...

May

History Hash Outs—Between the Mad and the Bad: Psychiatrists and Patients in Egypt’s State Asylums

1:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Examine Egypt’s colonial asylums and mental health history with Yasmin Shafei, exploring psychiatry, power, patients and the state and society.

Jan

Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil: A Virtual Book Talk

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Online

Join us for an engaging book talk with Dr. Safaruk Chowdhury, author of "Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil", newly released in paperback. In this rigorous study, Dr. Chowdhury examines four major dimensions of the problem of evil; human disability, animal suffering, evolutionary natural selection, and Hell, offering fresh insights into how Islamic theology has grappled with these endu...