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Embracing innovation: Maker Faire Africa 2011
Art news

Embracing innovation: Maker Faire Africa 2011

On 6 October, a small crowd of inventors, artists, designers and engineers gathered at the American University in Cairo to…
AUC reaches agreement with protesting students and workers
Egypt

AUC reaches agreement with protesting students and workers

On Tuesday the American University in Cairo (AUC) reached an agreement with students and workers who have been on strike…
AUC protesters tear down American flag on campus
Egypt

AUC protesters tear down American flag on campus

Student and worker protesters at the American University in Cairo (AUC) further escalated their demonstration on Thursday by taking down…
AUC threatens to fire striking workers
Egypt

AUC threatens to fire striking workers

The American University in Cairo (AUC) administration threatened Monday to fire some of its employees if they continued their strike…
AUC students and workers launch strike against soaring fees and wage cuts
Egypt

AUC students and workers launch strike against soaring fees and wage cuts

About two thousand students and workers at the American University in Cairo (AUC) began an open-ended strike Sunday in protest…
Art and social justice: Discussing the changing Egyptian art scene
Art news

Art and social justice: Discussing the changing Egyptian art scene

“An artist is never indifferent to injustice. When confronted by the sufferings of others, an artist uses art to restore…
Thieves steal 145 Islamic relics from American University in Cairo
Egypt

Thieves steal 145 Islamic relics from American University in Cairo

Thieves got away with 145 Islamic artifacts from the American University in Cairo over a two-day period in March, Egypt's…
Khaled Fahmy: Contemporary alternatives to Shari’a implementation exist
Egypt

Khaled Fahmy: Contemporary alternatives to Shari’a implementation exist

In a public lecture on Thursday, Khaled Fahmy, the newly appointed head of the American University in Cairo history department,…
Crossing the language divide
Books

Crossing the language divide

What first drew him to the translation profession, says Humphrey Davies, was the fact that it was “a way of…
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