People

Lawrence Wright’s experience with AUC and interest in the Middle East begins with a small walk across the street. Today, Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker.

After graduating from AUC, Amina Khalil continued her theatrical studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.

Having studied psychology as an undergraduate at AUC, she went on to pursue a master's in Community Psychology.

A parliamentarian, Heba Hagrass is an international disability consultant and independent researcher in gender and disabilities.

Iman Bibars is the vice president of Ashoka Global; regional director of Ashoka Arab World, which she launched in 2003.

Nesma Mahgoub solidified her stardom after winning the eighth season of Star Academy Arabia in 2011. Mahgoub has a successful singing and teaching career.