School of Humanities and Social Sciences News

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October 11, 2023

No Size Fits All: Contextualizing Mental Health Care

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.

October 9, 2023

Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival

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

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September 27, 2023

Emotional Intelligence in Educational Leadership: Mustafa Toprak

What is the relationship between emotional intelligence and educational leadership?

September 20, 2023

Meet Our New Faculty

A warm welcome to all our new faculty! With research interests from international policy to visual storytelling, we are thrilled to have incoming faculty this fall who are experts in a range of disciplines.

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September 4, 2023

AUC Introduces New Translation Minor, Science Specializations

AUC is kicking off the semester with new academic programs: the University’s first minor in translation studies, biology specializations in biotechnology as well as ecology and conservation, in addition to computer science and engineering specializations in embedded systems and ar

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August 22, 2023

A City for All: Gender as a Lens for Design

“Navigating a massive city such as Cairo encompasses a wide array of challenges and gender inequalities, from walking in the streets and riding public transportation to dealing with physical and social limitations, as well as the absence of public space.

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August 6, 2023

Georgetown Students Investigate Cultural Heritage at AUC, Cairo

Students from AUC and Georgetown University collaborated on a joint course last spring exploring Egyptian cultural heritage and the role that organizations and governments play in protecting and preserving history.

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July 30, 2023

AUC’s Rare Van Leo Collection on Display at UCLA Hammer Museum

The first international survey of work by the late Armenian-Egyptian studio photographer Van Leo is currently on display in the Hammer Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles as a collaboration between the museum and AUC’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library, wh

June 26, 2023

From Cairo to New York City

“Students and faculty can learn a lot from international exchange and collaboration,” says Amina Elbendary ’96, ’00, associate professor and director of graduate studies in AUC’s Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations.

May 22, 2023

Graphic Design Seniors Create Impactful Projects for Egypt and Beyond

Tackling social, environmental and economic issues, the 20 plus projects for this year’s Graphic Design Senior Show explore the concerns graduating seniors have for the world they are entering.

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May 16, 2023

Sudan Split: Faculty Weight In On Conflict, Humanitarian Crisis

Violence has erupted in Sudan as the two major militarized groups, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have gone head-to-head in civilian-populated areas.

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May 2, 2023

AUC’s Cairo International Model United Nations Wins Highest Number of Awards in New York

AUC’s CIMUN took home 14 awards at the National Model United Nations in New York, making AUC the most-awarded university at the conference.

Shahd El Helbawy stands with Wei Liu, smiling in front of a painting.

April 5, 2023

Shaping an Artist's Future: Meet the First Recipient of the Liu Shiming Endowed Scholarship

Shahd El Helbawy sees mysteries to be explored through her most recent artistic pursuit: sculpting. Her passion for art has led her to be the first recipient of the Liu Shiming Endowed Scholarship.

Three photos of Carere placed in a line. Carere sits at a table in the street with Egyptian food in front of her, sharing suhoor with her neighbors. Carere smiles and poses with a peace-sign in front of a shop selling lanterns in downtown Cairo. Carere smiles and stands next to a mascot of a Ramadan character near Talaat Harb, holding fresh strawberry juice.

April 3, 2023

Ramadan from the Heart of Cairo

International student Sara Carere has never experienced a month quite like Ramadan in Egypt.

Two promotional images are shown. The promotional image of "Way Home" shows an artistic rendition of a head facing left. In the center of the head is a doorway with a figure standing in it. The color scheme is light brown and a pale green. On the right is the promotional image for the film "Okay". It shows a face peering through a broken pane of glass with the word "Okay" in jagged text beneath it.

March 27, 2023

Two AUC-Directed Films Featured at Visions Film Festival

Lights, camera, action! The Visions Film Festival, which took place at AUC’s Tahrir Cultural Center earlier this month, featured a number of projects by AUCians, including two student-directed films.