August 27, 2019
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Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology Salima Ikram's Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt
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August 27, 2019Eduniversal Ranks 13 AUC Master's Programs Among Top in Africa
Thirteen of AUC’s master’s programs have topped the 2019 Eduniversal Rankings, with six be
July 16, 2019O'Kane Authors The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship
Bernard O'Kane, professor in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, has released his latest book
July 3, 2019Alumna Wins Harvard Intellectual Contribution Award
Dalia Abbas '13, political science graduate, earned her Master's in Education (EdM) — Technology, Innovation, and Education — from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
July 16, 2019AUC Students Reflect on 1919 Revolution Through Music
With a fresh unconventional take on history, AUC students have worked on producing an archival publication as part of the University's centennial celebrations to document the 1919 Egyptian Revolution while reproducing and recreating the ingenious songs of the Egyptian composer Sayed Darwish and poet Badie Khairy, who “informed as they entertained” Egyptians at the time.
August 20, 2019Leaving Her Stamp: Egypt's Leading Women as Postage Pioneers
AUC graphic design graduate Maha Hesham ‘19 became a city sensation with her senior thesis: colorful postage stamps depicting historical Egyptian female pioneers, from Um Kulthum to Doria Shafik an
July 30, 2019Harvard PhD Student: 'It is Essential for Egyptologists to See History in Person in the Place Where It All Happened'
For any budding Egyptologist, the opportunity to study the hieroglyphics and history of Egypt's ancient civilizations on-site is a chance not to pass up.
May 29, 2019Alum Uses Philosophy Studies at AUC to Found Go Clean Initiative
“Go clean is all about changing people's perspective on recycling so that their brains give them negative signs when they witness environmental hazar
May 2, 2019AUC Students Break Records at MUN, MAL International Conferences
AUC's Cairo International Model United Nations (CIMUN) delegation received a record-breaking 19 awards at the National Model United Nations conference in New York -- the highest number of awar
May 8, 2019Acting Abroad: Students Travel to Berlin for 19th Festival International New Drama
Earlier this month, 15 AUC theatre students traveled to Berlin to participate in the 19th Festival International New Drama (FIND) at the Schaubühne T
April 23, 2019Coloring Cairo: Winning AUC Student Design to 'Color' Egypt's First Beautified Water Tower
Last week, graphic design students on the team Ciel, Ghenwa Yehia ElMougy, Farah Habib, Nehal Ezz and Mariam Ismail, won the AUC-TAMEER water tower beautification competition with their blended composition of the sky. Their submission fuses the shades of the firmament at different times of day and incorporates hazy lines and vivid colors. At the bottom of the design, a crowd of people look up at in awe at the heavens above them.
