American University in Cairo
university
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| Formation | 1919 |
| Prestigious English-language university in Cairo | |
The American University in Cairo (AUC; {الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة} (Al-Jame'a Al-Amerikeya Bel-Qāhira) is an independent, English language, private, research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, along with a continuing education program.
The AUC student body represents over 50 countries.[1] AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries.
Selected alumni
- Ahmed EL-Ghandour, Researcher and content creator (Founder of EL-Da7ee7)
- Aida el Ayoubi, singer, songwriter and guitarist.
- Amr Waked, actor
- Anne Aly, Australian political scholar, academic and counter-terrorism expert.
- Anthony Shadid, Foreign correspondent for The New York Times; Best-Selling Author and Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner.
- Asser Yassin, (BSME) Egyptian actor
- Ben Wedeman, senior international correspondent, CNN
- Dan Stoenescu, Romanian minister, diplomat, political scientist and journalist
- David M. Malone, Canadian diplomat
- Devin J. Stewart, professor at Emory University
- Haifa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia's first female filmmaker
- Hassan Abdalla, CEO and Vice Chairman of Arab African International Bank.
- Hisham Abbas, (ME) singer
- Nadeen Ashraf, feminist activist
- John O. Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Juan Cole, American scholar, public intellectual, and historian of the modern Middle East and South Asia. Currently Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.
- Khaled al-Qazzaz activist, educator, former civil servant in Egypt
- Khaled Bichara, CEO of Orascom Telecom and founder of LinkdotNet
- Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008
- Maya Morsy, head of Egypt's National Council for Women
- Melanie Craft, romance novelist, Larry Ellison's Wife (Oracle Corporation CEO)
- Mona El-Shazly, Egyptian talk show host
- Mona Eltahawy, journalist
- Muin Bseiso, poet and activist
- Nabil Fahmi, Ex Egyptian foreign minister
- Nesrine Malik, guardian writer
- Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Best-Selling Author and Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner.
- Noha Radwan, professor of Arabic literature at the University of California, Davis
- Omar Samra, first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest
- Rana al-Tonsi, poet
- Rana el Kaliouby, Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab and Founder of Affectiva
- Rania al Abdullah, queen of Jordan.
- Yosri Fouda, editor and host/presenter on Akher Kalam, a talk show on ONTV
- Thomas Friedman, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Best-Selling Author and Three-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner.
- Yousef Gamal El-Din, anchor, Bloomberg Television[2]
- Yuriko Koike, former Japanese Minister of Defense and first female governor of Tokyo
- Yussef El Guindi, playwright
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111009093329/http://bikyamasr.com/16455/egypts-auc-welcomes-students-from-over-100-countries/ |archive-date=2011-10-09
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/company/announcements/yousef-gamal-el-din-joins-bloomberg-television-new-anchor-bloomberg-markets-middle-east/%7Cwebsite=Bloomberg L.P.|language=en|date=15 June 2016}}