Explore The Islamic World
Amina Elbendary, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, discusses how this discipline explores the history, literature, art and architecture of the Islamic world.
Programs

Arabic Studies: BA

Arabic Studies: MA

Arabic Studies: Graduate Diploma
Facilities
The conservation of the cultural and historical heritage of Egypt and the region has been one of the main objectives of The Rare Books and Special Collection Library (RBSCL) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) since its creation in 1992. In addition to housing stellar collections of rare books, documents, manuscripts, photographs and archival collections from Egypt, the Middle East and other parts of the world, the RBSCL strives to preserve these for posterity while increasing their accessibility through digitization and an active conservation program.
Academic Support
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations is available to support you and answer questions Sunday through Thursday 9 am- 3 pm.
For general inquiries: Please send an email to: aric@aucegypt.edu |
For Graduate studies inquiries: Please send an email to Dr. E. Fernandes, Director of the Graduate Studies: barsbay@aucegypt.edu |
For administrative affairs: Marwa Sabry: msabri@aucegypt.edu Lana Murad: lmurad@aucegypt.edu |
Available Office Hours for one to one meetings: Sunday 13:00 -14:00 Tuesday 11:00 -12:00 |
ARIC Zoom meeting information: https://aucegypt.zoom.us/j/3766315987 |
Contact Us
AUC New Cairo, AUC Avenue, P.O.BOX 74, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
Arab and Islamic Civilizations Department
Room 2167, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall (HUSS)
t 20.2.2615.1786 │email:aric@aucegypt.edu