School of Humanities and Social Sciences News

For someone who wants to do everything, AUC rises to the challenge. “I was really, really happy to have the option to study a lot of different things.

Egyptian-Austrian writer and filmmaker Abu Bakr “A.B.” Shawky (Political Science ‘10), whose globally renowned film Yomeddine was selected to participate in the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, is now at work on another film,

Cairo Papers recently published five issues that delve into a variety of themes in Egypt and the Middle East. Ellen Weis’ Egyptian Hip Hop: Expressions from the Underground examines the world of hip-hop music, its context and its producers.

In an effort to bolster relations with local Egyptian institutions of higher learning and promote AUC's thriving MA program in Philosophy, HUSS' Department of Philosophy initiated a collaboration with Cairo University’s Faculty of Arts.

Ian Greer, an MA candidate at the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations with a specialization in Islamic Studies, recently won a prize for an essay contest organized by the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion.

Film major Salma El Sayed, recently had an internship with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. She was the Communication and Media intern at the ministry and obtained her internship through the AUC Career Center.

The Tomorrow’s Leaders Gender Scholars (TLS) program welcomed its third cohort of students from various academic backgrounds.

Far from one-size-fits-all, mental health care is deeply personal. Between individuals, communities and cultures, mental health and the issues surrounding it take on a variety of looks.

Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival is an annual nonprofit film festival, solely organized and under the supervision of a committee that includes experienced filmmakers from the film department at the American University in Cairo, accompanied by students, film critics, and professionals fr