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GAPP News
Rasha Allam on Sabahk Masri program on MBC Masr
September 13, Rasha Allam '02, '05, assistant professor in the Department Journalism and Mass Communication, appeared on MBC Masr to discuss her new book.
Tahrir Cultural Center Kicks Off El Gouna in Tahrir
El Gouna in Tahrir is a long-awaited collaboration between AUC's Tahrir Cultural Center and El Gouna Film Festival. This is a series of 5 films selected from previous editions of the film festival. They include the winner of last year's festival, the Sudanese film You Will Die At Twenty, which will open the series on October 7 at 7pm. Tickets for each film are EGP 50. Below is the schedule of all film screenings.
AUC-UNESCO Webinar Series: Combating COVID-19 Misinformation
AUC's Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism will hold the first of a series of training webinars for media professionals on combatting misinformation and disinformation in the context of COVID-19.
'My Aim is to Inspire' — Meet AUC's Newest Faculty Members
"It is my honor and pleasure to serve the AUC community," said Daniel Ortiz, dean of Libraries and Learning Technologies. "It’s a wonderful University and a marvelous country. I am at home." New faculty members joining AUC this semester span an array of disciplines, research interests, cultural backgrounds and more, but all have one thing in common: They’re excited about joining AUC.
Law in Practice
Announcements
- Ibrahim Awad, director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, writes about the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in this op-ed for Al Shorouk.
- GAPP Alumni Event will take place on Sunday, October 25, 2020, Challenges and Opportunities for Global and Public Affairs in a Changing Environment at 7:30 pm.
- The Arab Media & Society journal, published by the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism, has officially reached Q2 status for its increased impact as ranked by SCImago.
- The Launch of DMD, first diploma offered online in arabic by Kamal Adham Center. Registration is now open until 12 November 2020.
- Professor Naila Hamdy served on the MA thesis committee of Randa Toulan at the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University.
- Professor Hesham Dinana, was invited to serve on a committee formed by the Ministry of Planning & Economic Development to set a national strategy for the support of Irregular Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
- Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism is collaborating with UNESCO, WHO and United Nations Information Center Cairo office to bring together a series of webinars on the topics of misinformation, fake news, and trust in the media in the time of COVID-19 pandemic.
- We are happy to share with you the Fall 2020 Return to Campus Guidelines
- To all our GAPP Alumni, we know that you are out there making achievements, publishing articles and getting rewarded. We strongly encourage you to share with us your achievements or publications so we can share it to the AUC community, send us on gapp_ea@aucegypt.edu.
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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.
GAPP Discussion Paper Series
The key objective of GAPP Discussion Paper Series is to provide a platform whereby work in progress by the GAPP and international research community can be made accessible to the wider national, regional and international group of scholars, professionals, intellectuals, policy-makers and implementers. The Discussion Paper Series welcomes submission by all members of these communities including graduate students, who want to engage a critical analysis of the juncture of theory and practice.
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.