Flamenco for the shy and the veiled

By Zeina Tawakol 
Dressed in black tights, tap dancing shoes and a red skirt, Yasmin Eid swirled to Spanish folk music on Sunday afternoon in front of the Science and Engineering building.
Eid, president of the Flamenco Fusion club, performed for passersby to promote her club, which will offer women’s dance classes this semester starting Oct. 8.
“I [...]

Deadline for campus housing construction looms

By Zeina Tawakol
The American University in Cairo is racing to complete its campus housing facilities before its contract ends in November with the hotels currently housing students.  
“We hope that the dorms are finished before November or else we have to place the students in different places,” said Samah El Minawi, assistant manager of student [...]

HUSS loses popular Dean

Ann Lesch, The American University in Cairo’s Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, is leaving her post to take up a new role at the university.
In an emailed statement to the university this morning, Provost Lisa Anderson stated Lesch will become the school’s Associate Provost for International Programs, and will head the development [...]