GAPP News
Stanford awards Alum Serage Amatory prestigious graduate-level Scholarship
Serage Amatory, political science and multimedia journalism double major and recipient of the Tomorrow's Leaders Scholarship at AUC, was chosen to receive a fully funded scholarship to pursue his graduate studies at Stanford University as a member of the 2019 Knight-Hennessy Scholars program. AUC is the only University in the Middle East that has representatives in this year's cohort of the program.
And the Award goes to... Adham Center Students
For the second year in a row, students of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism won 3 awards at BEA’s international digital media and broadcast competition 'Festival of Media Arts'. The competition is the television industry's popular international faculty and student competition held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Covering Muslim Women: Fahmy on the Burkini and the Media
Among European nations, France has been the most aggressive in seeking to limit the expression of cultural difference in the name of an ideal civic and secular identity. One important episode in this controversy was the banning of the so-called "burkini," a swimsuit made by Australian designer Aheda Zanetti that meant to blend style and Muslim sartorial decorum.
Arab Media and Society to be indexed and included in Scopus' online research database
Arab Media and Society Journal (AMS) has been evaluated for inclusion by Scopus-Elsevier, the world's largest database of peer-reviewed literature.
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Arab Media & Society
Arab Media & Society is a primary resource for media research in the region. The journal, published biannually online and in print, offers peer-reviewed scholarly research and analysis on a wide array of topics pertaining to the dynamic media landscape across the Arab world.
The Cairo Review
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs is the quarterly journal of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) at American University in Cairo (AUC). Its primary aim is to be a focal point for policymakers, officials, academics, experts, journalists, students, and others in the Middle East region who follow global affairs. It is also intended to be a platform that gives perspectives from the region a greater voice in international policy conversations and debates.
The Caravan
The Caravan has been the student newspaper at AUC since 1921. Since then, it has graduated hundreds of young ambitious journalists who have gone on to career-defining jobs at Reuters, AP, CNN, the Washington Post, Al Arabiya, Bloomberg, Daily News Egypt, DMC, CBC and others.
Every semester, Caravan reporters learn to broaden their horizon by reporting on things familiar and new. This year's recipients are being recognized for going beyond the norm and excelling in their coverage of such challenging topics like the patriarchy, women's rights, inheritance laws, climate change and others.