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AUC Tahrir Square Events

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF)

Oct

Oct 17 – Nov 10

1:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Experience innovation across global multidisciplinary art that reshapes audience and performer interactions.

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Design for Resistance

Don't miss this interesting exhibition featuring the work of Swiss graphic designer Marc Rudin, renowned for his resistance-focused themes, particularly regarding the Palestinian cause.

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Art D'Egypte Forever Is Now .04

Unearth the dialogue between antiquity and modern artistry. This year’s edition will feature exciting talks, offering insights into visual awareness and the intersection of art and design.

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Cairo Jazz Festival 2024

Experience global jazz fusion at the Cairo International Jazz Festival, with 27 concerts from 15 countries, along with workshops and family programs.

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Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Geometries of Imperialism in the 21st Century, Featuring Étienne Balibar

Nov

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join the renowned French philosopher Étienne Balibar's lecture on imperialism, inspired by Edward Said's Orientalism, analyzing modernity's cultural divides and domination structures.

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Prayer and Devotion in Ottoman Egypt: The Making of al-Jazuli’s Best-Seller, Dala’il al-Khayrat.

Nov

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Research Fellow Rachida Chih as she explores how al-Jazûlî’s Dala’il became central to Sunni tradition and its impact on Ottoman Egypt’s religious life.

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The U.S. Presidential Elections: What Is the Impact on a Changing Middle East?

Nov

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Don't miss this intriguing talk featuring Paul Salem, VP for International Engagement at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, on how the U.S. presidential election may impact Middle East policy amid ongoing regional conflict and shifting dynamics.

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Kant and the Self-Conscious Form of Rational Faith

Nov

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Addison Ellis, Assistant Professor at AUC's Department of Philosophy, as he argues that the appearance of paradox can be dissolved only by spelling out how such belief—what Kant calls ‘faith’—has its own distinctive self-conscious logical form.

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Sufism in Ottoman Egypt – Historiography, Sources and Methodology

Nov

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Rachida Chih, Research Fellow at CNRS, as she explores how the Ottoman conquest transformed Egyptian Sufi culture, examining its impact on Sufi institutions, rituals, and scholarly traditions.

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Finding Forgiveness

Dec

7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

In this talk, Wassim Sabry will suggest that rather than thinking of the most basic case of forgiveness as a paradigm, thinking about an ideal of forgiveness offers a better way of identifying a paradigm case that would enable us to see other cases as derivative of it.

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024: Transformative Solutions for Inclusive Development

Dec

5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us in celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this year’s event will feature an engaging panel discussion on how innovation can shape a more inclusive future.

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Women’s Fashions in Mamluk Cairo

Dec

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a talk on women’s fashion in Mamluk Cairo, exploring their creative defiance of regulations, illustrated with artifacts, manuscripts and European artwork.

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Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF)

Design for Resistance

Art D'Egypte Forever Is Now .04

Cairo Jazz Festival 2024

Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Geometries of Imperialism in the 21st Century, Featuring Étienne Balibar

Prayer and Devotion in Ottoman Egypt: The Making of al-Jazuli’s Best-Seller, Dala’il al-Khayrat.

The U.S. Presidential Elections: What Is the Impact on a Changing Middle East?

Kant and the Self-Conscious Form of Rational Faith

Sufism in Ottoman Egypt – Historiography, Sources and Methodology

Finding Forgiveness

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024: Transformative Solutions for Inclusive Development

Women’s Fashions in Mamluk Cairo

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Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF)

Design for Resistance

Art D'Egypte Forever Is Now .04

Cairo Jazz Festival 2024

Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Geometries of Imperialism in the 21st Century, Featuring Étienne Balibar

Prayer and Devotion in Ottoman Egypt: The Making of al-Jazuli’s Best-Seller, Dala’il al-Khayrat.

The U.S. Presidential Elections: What Is the Impact on a Changing Middle East?

Kant and the Self-Conscious Form of Rational Faith

Sufism in Ottoman Egypt – Historiography, Sources and Methodology

Finding Forgiveness

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024: Transformative Solutions for Inclusive Development

Women’s Fashions in Mamluk Cairo

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"AUC is a tobacco-free community. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas." "A photo ID is required for entry. Facial recognition is required at all times." "AUC community includes staff, faculty, students, and alumni."

Download the Official AUC Mobile Application

"AUC is a tobacco-free community. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas."
"A photo ID is required for entry. Facial recognition is required at all times."
"AUC community includes staff, faculty, students, and alumni."