School of Global Affairs and Public Policy News

August 29, 2019

Yousef Jameel Fellowship “Know thy Country” Trip to Damietta

Under the “Know Thy Country” initiative that was launched in Fall 2016 by the Yousef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership Fellowship, a group of fellows along with the fellowship’s administration and some faculty members headed to Damietta on August 5. The group visited Damietta Furniture City, Damietta Governorate headquarters, and Damietta Port Authority. The tour was concluded with a visit to Ras El Bar.

August 27, 2019

Eduniversal Ranks 13 AUC Master's Programs Among Top in Africa

Thirteen of AUC’s master’s programs have topped the 2019 Eduniversal Rankings, with six being ranked the first in Africa and all among the top 200 worldwide.

May 29, 2019

Japanese Government Bestows Dean Nabil Fahmy with Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun of the First Degree

Nabil Fahmy '74, '77, Egypt's former foreign minister and founding dean and professor of practice in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, has been bestowed with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun of the first degree by the Japanese governmen

July 31, 2019

Adham Center Students Achieve Remarkable Wins in International Competitions

Graduate students of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism, the American University in Cairo, have had a remarkable year of achievements with several master’s students won at international festivals and competitions.

May 8, 2019

Acting Abroad: Students Travel to Berlin for 19th Festival International New Drama

Earlier this month, 15 AUC theatre students traveled to Berlin to participate in the 19th Festival International New Drama (FIND) at the Schaubühne Theatre. Other participating universities

Kamal Adham Center and Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Hold 53rd African Journalists Workshop

The Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism and the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication organized the 53rd African Journalists Workshop in association with the Union of African Journalists on last Monday.

April 14, 2019

AUC Launches El Mostakbal: The Middle East Looking Forward

This week as part of AUC's Centennial Campaign, the University launched "El Mostakbal: The Middle East Looking Forward," an initiative aimed at jumpstarting a global conversation about regional issues and local challenges, providing a high-level platform for a dialogue on significa

Adham Center Students, Faculty and Staff Score High at 2019’s Broadcast Education Association

Two graduate students from the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism, Ahmed Atef Abbas, and Aya Saleh, won at the BEA’s International Festival of Media Arts competition.

AUC Hosts Cairo Media Conference Cultivating Collaboration Between the Industry and Academia

AUC hosted the Second Cairo Media Conference, Cultivating Collaboration: How Industry and Academia Can Transform Digital Storytelling.

The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary

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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 impo

Serage Amatory with President Francis Ricciardone

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

AUC Centennial: 1919 Revolution Documentary Screening

The Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism, together with the Office of the Associate Provost for Research, Creativity and Innovation, hosted a screening of student documentaries about Egypt’s 1919 Revolution.

group of male and female students holding trophies

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.

Egypt-Japan Cooperation in the Evolving Strategic Context of Middle East and Asia

On Tuesday, February 5, 2019, the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy of the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Cairo, have organiz