American University in Cairo

American University in Cairo   (University)
Formation	1919
Sponsored by	Carnegie 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. 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.

Notable alumni

• Ahmed EL-Ghandour, Researcher and content creator (Founder of EL-Da7ee7)
• Aida el Ayoubi, singer, songwriter and guitarist.
• Amr Waked, actor
• Anne Aly, Australian political scholar, academic and counter-terrorism expert.
• Anthony Shadid, Foreign correspondent for The New York Times; Best-Selling Author and Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner.
• Asser Yassin, (BSME) Egyptian actor
• Ben Wedeman, senior international correspondent, CNN
• Dan Stoenescu, Romanian minister, diplomat, political scientist and journalist
• David M. Malone, Canadian diplomat
• Devin J. Stewart, professor at Emory University
• Haifa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia's first female filmmaker
• Hassan Abdalla, CEO and Vice Chairman of Arab African International Bank.
• Hisham Abbas, (ME) singer
• Nadeen Ashraf, feminist activist
• John O. Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 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.
• Khaled al-Qazzaz activist, educator, former civil servant in Egypt
• Khaled Bichara, CEO of Orascom Telecom and founder of LinkdotNet
• Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008
• Maya Morsy, head of Egypt's National Council for Women
• Melanie Craft, romance novelist, Larry Ellison's Wife (Oracle Corporation CEO)
• Mona El-Shazly, Egyptian talk show host
• Mona Eltahawy, journalist
• Muin Bseiso, poet and activist
• Nabil Fahmi, Ex Egyptian foreign minister
• Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Best-Selling Author and Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner.
• Noha Radwan, professor of Arabic literature at the University of California, Davis
• Omar Samra, first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest
• Rana al-Tonsi, poet
• Rana el Kaliouby, Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab and Founder of Affectiva
• Rania al Abdullah, queen of Jordan.
• Yosri Fouda, editor and host/presenter on Akher Kalam, a talk show on ONTV
• Thomas Friedman, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Best-Selling Author and Three-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner.
• Yousef Gamal El-Din, anchor, Bloomberg Television
• Yuriko Koike, former Japanese Minister of Defense and first female governor of Tokyo
• Yussef El Guindi, playwright

 

Sponsor

Event	Description
Carnegie Corporation	Established 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

Person	Born	Nationality	Summary	Description
Ahmed Abdel-Latif		Egypt	Diplomat	Egyptian diplomat specializing in doing the international sustainable development/climate change conference circuit
Rania Al-Yassin	31 August 1970	Jordan	Royalty Deep state operative	Queen of Jordan. She represents the royal family in many international organizations.
Anne Aly	29 March 1967	Australia Egypt	Politician Academic	Australian MP and terror expert
John Brennan	22 September 1955	US	Spook "Terror expert"	DCIA, "terror expert", helped cover-up CIA/Torture
Mohamed Elmaazi			Journalist Lawyer Editor Blogger
Thomas Friedman	20 July 1953	US	Author Journalist	CFR, TLC, two Bilderbergs
Sigrid Kaag	2 November 1961	Netherlands	Diplomat 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 Kristof	27 April 1959		Journalist	WEF Rhodes Scholar nominated for the 2017 Horace Greeley Award for Best Fake News Journalist

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