Global credit crisis hits AUC hard

By Nader Ramadan and Nicholas Gerda

The credit crisis sweeping the globe has caught up with The American University in Cairo. In the past three months, officials said the school has suffered losses of almost $100 million in its securities investments.
At the end of August last year, AUC’s books were in good shape. The university had [...]

Faculty will protest colleague’s imprisonment

By Riham El Houshi 
A sit-in will be held Monday 27 October in front of the HUSS building to protest the imprisonment without trial of Ihab Atta, a teacher on fellowship in the Arabic Language Institute of The American University in Cairo.
“There is no charge against him,” said Saeed El-Wakeel, Atta’s colleague at ALI and one [...]

How is your commute to school?

Students and faculty coming to school on Route 6 had a cramped ride from Nasr City. How have your commutes to AUC been like? Let us know at auccaravan@gmail.com

Dangerous roads to AUC prompt safety awareness campaign

By Sara Khalil
Mai Tarek, a communication media arts senior, knows that the way from her home where she lives in Heliopolis to the university is not that safe. “I see an accident almost everyday and a couple of days ago I saw a car upside down and a guy lying on the ground bleeding,” she [...]