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'''The''' '''American University in Cairo''' ('''AUC'''; {الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة} (''Al-Jame'a Al-Amerikeya Bel-Qāhira'') is an independent, [[English language]], private, research university in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. The university offers American-style learning programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, along with a [[continuing education]] program.
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The AUC student body represents over 50 countries.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111009093329/http://bikyamasr.com/16455/egypts-auc-welcomes-students-from-over-100-countries/ |archive-date=2011-10-09</ref> AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries.
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== Selected alumni==
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* [[Ahmed EL-Ghandour]], Researcher and content creator (Founder of EL-Da7ee7)
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* [[Aida el Ayoubi]], singer, songwriter and guitarist.
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* [[Amr Waked]], actor
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* [[Anne Aly]], Australian political scholar, academic and counter-terrorism expert.
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* [[Anthony Shadid]], Foreign correspondent for [[The New York Times]]; Best-Selling Author and Two-Time [[Pulitzer Prize]] Winner.
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* [[Asser Yassin]], (BSME) Egyptian actor
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* [[Ben Wedeman]], senior international correspondent, [[CNN]]
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* [[Dan Stoenescu]], Romanian minister, diplomat, political scientist and journalist
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* [[David M. Malone]], Canadian diplomat
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* [[Devin J. Stewart]], professor at [[Emory University]]
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* [[Haifa Al-Mansour]], [[Saudi Arabia]]'s first female filmmaker
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* [[Hassan Abdalla]], CEO and Vice Chairman of Arab African International Bank.
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* [[Hisham Abbas]], (ME) singer
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*[[Nadeen Ashraf]], feminist activist
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* [[John O. Brennan]], [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
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* [[Juan Cole]], American scholar, public intellectual, and historian of the modern Middle East and South Asia. Currently Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the [[University of Michigan]].
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* [[Khaled al-Qazzaz]] activist, educator, former civil servant in Egypt
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* [[Khaled Bichara]], CEO of [[Orascom Telecom]] and founder of [[LinkdotNet]]
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* [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]], president of the [[Maldives]] from 1978 to 2008
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* [[Maya Morsy]], head of Egypt's National Council for Women
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* [[Melanie Craft]], romance novelist, [[Larry Ellison]]'s Wife ([[Oracle Corporation]] CEO)
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* [[Mona El-Shazly]], Egyptian talk show host
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* [[Mona Eltahawy]], journalist
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* [[Muin Bseiso]], poet and activist
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* [[Nabil Fahmi]], Ex [[Egyptian foreign minister]]
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* [[Nesrine Malik]], [[guardian]] writer
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* [[Nicholas Kristof]], Op-Ed Columnist, [[The New York Times]]; Best-Selling Author and Two-Time [[Pulitzer Prize]] Winner.
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* [[Noha Radwan]], professor of Arabic literature at the [[University of California, Davis]]
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* [[Omar Samra]], first Egyptian to climb [[Mount Everest]]
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* [[Rana al-Tonsi]], poet
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* [[Rana el Kaliouby]], Research Scientist at [[MIT Media Lab]] and Founder of [[Affectiva]]
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* [[Queen Rania of Jordan|Rania al Abdullah]], queen of [[Jordan]].
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* [[Yosri Fouda]], editor and host/presenter on Akher Kalam, a talk show on [[ONTV (Egypt)|ONTV]]
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* [[Thomas Friedman]], Op-Ed Columnist, [[The New York Times]]; Best-Selling Author and Three-Time [[Pulitzer Prize]] Winner.
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* [[Yousef Gamal El-Din]], anchor, [[Bloomberg Television]]<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/company/announcements/yousef-gamal-el-din-joins-bloomberg-television-new-anchor-bloomberg-markets-middle-east/|website=Bloomberg L.P.|language=en|date=15 June 2016}}</ref>
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* [[Yuriko Koike]], former [[Japan]]ese Minister of Defense and first female governor of [[Tokyo]]
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* [[Yussef El Guindi]], playwright
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Formation1919
Sponsored byCarnegie Corporation
Prestigious English-language university in Cairo

The American University in Cairo (AUC; {الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة} (Al-Jame'a Al-Amerikeya Bel-Qāhira) is an independent, English language, private, research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, along with a continuing education program.

The AUC student body represents over 50 countries.[1] AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries.

Selected alumni


 

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Carnegie CorporationEstablished by Andrew Carnegie in 1911, with large grants especially to form the education sector. Lots of grants to "security" think tanks too.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornNationalitySummaryDescription
Ahmed Abdel-LatifEgyptDiplomatEgyptian diplomat specializing in doing the international sustainable development/climate change conference circuit
Rania Al-Yassin31 August 1970JordanRoyalty
Deep state operative		Queen of Jordan. She represents the royal family in many international organizations.
Anne Aly29 March 1967Australia
Egypt		Politician
Academic		Australian MP and terror expert
John Brennan22 September 1955USSpook
"Terror expert"		DCIA, "terror expert", helped cover-up CIA/Torture
Mohamed ElmaaziJournalist
Lawyer
Editor
Blogger
Thomas Friedman20 July 1953USAuthor
Journalist		CFR, TLC, two Bilderbergs
Sigrid Kaag2 November 1961NetherlandsDiplomat
Politician		Dutch diplomat and politician. Although an outspoken feminist, Kaag vocally opposed a public trial regarding dozen of reports of sexual abuse within her own party. A successful and career-diplomat, named by Geert Wilders as the "namesake of a runway at Schiphol Airport", she has attended two Bilderberg meetings.
Nicholas Kristof27 April 1959JournalistWEF Rhodes Scholar nominated for the 2017 Horace Greeley Award for Best Fake News Journalist
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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111009093329/http://bikyamasr.com/16455/egypts-auc-welcomes-students-from-over-100-countries/ |archive-date=2011-10-09
  2. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/company/announcements/yousef-gamal-el-din-joins-bloomberg-television-new-anchor-bloomberg-markets-middle-east/%7Cwebsite=Bloomberg L.P.|language=en|date=15 June 2016}}
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