AUC Caravan

TV show shot at AUC campus targets Arab Youth

By Lena Aloumari A swarm of film crew equipped with microphones, cameras and lights took over the AUC campus last winter. “I didn’t know what they were doing,” said Hagar Gad, mass communication sophomore.” Some students thought it was a documentary about AUC student life. “I heard that the administration wanted to make a documentary about the [...]

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AUC launches its first student Film Festival

By Lena Aloumari Students of the American University in Cairo’s Film Program showcased their work at the first annual Student Film Festival on Tuesday. “We’re trying to reinvigorate the film program by allowing students to produce and study in a unique environment in the Arab world,” said Malek Khouri, the director of the Film Program. Held in cooperation [...]

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Three PVA musical events kick-off this week

By Sarah Diaa The Performance and Visual Arts Department (PVA) is preparing for three events displaying the talents of AUC students. Kicking it off will be the Arabic Music Ensemble, which will take place on May 18. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor, Wael El Mahalawy, the ensemble will feature groups of students singing and playing musical instruments. Almost [...]

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Osama Ezzeldin: an Egyptian promoting jazz music

By Gaser El Safty He grew from being an amateur musician to become the first Egyptian to get a full scholarship from Berklee College of music, one of the best music schools in the United States and the world. Osama Ezzeldin developed his love for music by teaching himself to play the musical instruments available around [...]

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New club brings Arabs, Americans closer

By Sarah Diaa With performances depicting both Arab and American culture, the Arab American Bond club (AAB) held its closing ceremony last Monday at AUC. The aim of the ceremony was to bring Arabs and Americans closer to each other by giving them a glimpse of each other’s cultures. “Our main goal is getting Arab and [...]

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AUC talent show: diverse dance and singing performances

By Ragia Mostafa A dance performance by the group Swaggers, taking us through time, starting with the 70’s and ending with a modern day choreography won first place at the AUC Student Union Talent Show, April 23. “Swaggers were awesome,” said Noor El Khorazaty, a concert attendee, who pointed out that some of the 15 members [...]

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AUC students exhibit their artwork

By Sara Diaa  Paintings, colored in both black and white, pencil-drawn paintings as well as sculptures, are on display at the student juried art exhibition held in the Sharjah Art Gallery at the American University in Cairo. A black tree with golden leaves and a wired hand with a light bulb inside of it greet visitors [...]

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Students: AUC compresses International Day to ‘International Hour’

By Lena Aloumari Student cultural festivities at the 2010 International day at AUC were forced into a tight schedule last Wednesday, as the university administration compressed the five-hour international day into one hour. “I think it was a very bad idea, my friends and I joked about it and said it should be called ‘International Hour’ [...]

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Dead Man’s Cell Phone highlights communication disconnections

  By Sara Diaa Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a play organized by the theatre department at the American University in Cairo, was performed in the Gerhart Theater starting March 4 and lasted for almost a week.  “It is a Wizard of Oz kind-of-story,” described Nizar Alderazi, a theatre junior who played the dead man, Gordon.  The story, authored by play writer Sarah Ruhl, begins with [...]

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AUC staff member adds film star to her credentials

By Lena Aloumari Samia Assaad, an administration assistant at AUC made her debut in Egyptian movie theatres with the controversial movie Rasayel El Bahr (Messages from the Sea). The AUC community may recognize her from previous campus theatre productions, such as her most recent performance in El-Liss (The Thief) last fall. Assaad is currently undertaking her second bachelor of arts degree in [...]

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