University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution

27/05/2013

New AUC thesis explores multilingualism in Jan 25 Revolution protest posters. Check it out in the DAR Repository, the home for theses, faculty publications, student projects authored by AUCians.

07/05/2013

Check out this AUC professor's research.

19/03/2013

Check out Egypt’s Tahrir Revolution, edited by Dan Tschirgi, Walid Kazziha and Sean McMahon of AUC's political science department, at the book launch on Wednesday, March 20 from 1 to 3 pm in Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room P071, AUC New Cairo.

19/03/2013

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05/02/2013

New projects, services, and collections from the American University in Cairo Rare Books and Special Collections Library.

04/02/2013

Check out the top ten most popular student projects, masters theses, and faculty publications authored by AUCians for 2012. Most of them offer scholarly analysis of the January 25 Revolution!

New projects, services, and collections from the American University in Cairo Rare Books and Special Collections Library.

03/02/2013

Do you have photos or videos from this weekend's demonstrations? Help us preserve Egypt's history by contributing them to University on the Square!

28/01/2013

Check out www.yourmiddleeast.com for new type of media that is network based, fast-moving, lean, and grassroots – closely connected to events on-the-ground. By engaging citizen journalists, bloggers, tweeters and combining that with newswires, professional writers and high-profile commentators www.yourmiddleeast.com provides a much more interesting soup than traditional media coverage.

Your Middle East is an an independent digital newspaper that provides news, analysis, and in-depth reporting on a range of issues relating to the Middle East and North Africa.

08/11/2012

Attend Arab Spring and Egyptian Revolution: An Assessment, a lecture by Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, emeritus distinguished research professor of law at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago and president emeritus of the university's International Human Rights Law Institute.

Professor Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, emeritus distinguished research professor of law at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago and president emeritus of the university's International Human Rights Law Institute, will deliver a lecture titled "The Arab Spring and the Egyptian Revolution: An Asse...

06/11/2012

Read about the challenges that lie ahead for Arab countries where revolutions have upended longstanding authoritarian regimes.

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Daunting challenges face countries swept up in the Arab Spring. This monograph assesses the prospects for democratization in these countries and suggests how the international community can help it succeed.

31/10/2012

Watch Bahia Shehab's talk on Revolutionary art!

TED Talks Art historian Bahia Shehab has long been fascinated with the Arabic script for ‘no.’ When revolution swept through Egypt in 2011, she began spraying the image in the streets saying no to dictators, no to military rule and no to violence.

31/10/2012

Check out the New Arab Debates.

Al-Azhar Conference Centre, Al-Tayaran St., Nasr City, Cairo (Call 01020082467 for directions) - 7PM, 31 October 2012This House believesdemocracy has had a disappointing start in EgyptPresident Mursi has completed 100 days in office as Egypt's first democratically elected leader. Has h...