Preserving the January 25th Revolution in Egypt. You may also contribute to the project by signing up for an oral history interview.
University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution seeks to promote and preserve the history of the momentous events of early 2011 in Egypt through the eyes of the American University in Cairo and global communities for future historians, activists, students, and the general public. We encourage contributions of photos and videos as well as written testimonies of the events of t
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.
Determining code choice: written slogans during Egyptian revolution-January 2011
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.
Faculty Book Redefines Arab Spring, Contextualizes Egyptian Revolution
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Civic Engagement Photo Competition Deadline Extended to March 21 - Announcements
05/02/2013
Rare Books and Special Collections Library News: Digital Library Top 10 for 2012 New projects, services, and collections from the American University in Cairo Rare Books and Special Collections Library.
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!
Rare Books and Special Collections Library News: DAR Repository Top 10 for 2012 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.
News, analysis, business, culture, travel from Your Middle East - yourmiddleeast.com 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.
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.
Arab Spring and Egyptian Revolution: An Assessment 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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Democratization in the Arab World: Prospects and Lessons from Around the Globe | RAND 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!
Bahia Shehab: A thousand times no | Video on TED.com 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.
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Transition to democracy in Egypt (English) 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...