American university in Cairo
AUC students and workers launch strike against soaring fees and wage cuts
Egypt
September 11, 2011
AUC students and workers launch strike against soaring fees and wage cuts
About two thousand students and workers at the American University in Cairo (AUC) began an open-ended strike Sunday in protest…
Art and social justice: Discussing the changing Egyptian art scene
Art news
May 7, 2011
Art and social justice: Discussing the changing Egyptian art scene
“An artist is never indifferent to injustice. When confronted by the sufferings of others, an artist uses art to restore…
Thieves steal 145 Islamic relics from American University in Cairo
Egypt
April 5, 2011
Thieves steal 145 Islamic relics from American University in Cairo
Thieves got away with 145 Islamic artifacts from the American University in Cairo over a two-day period in March, Egypt's…
Khaled Fahmy: Contemporary alternatives to Shari’a implementation exist
Egypt
October 24, 2010
Khaled Fahmy: Contemporary alternatives to Shari’a implementation exist
In a public lecture on Thursday, Khaled Fahmy, the newly appointed head of the American University in Cairo history department,…
Crossing the language divide
Books
February 11, 2010
Crossing the language divide
What first drew him to the translation profession, says Humphrey Davies, was the fact that it was “a way of…