Andrew Humphreys, Gadi Farfour

The American University in Cairo: 100 Years, 100 Stories

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 2019, the American University in Cairo (AUC) celebrates its centenary. Founded on Tahrir Square, the university has been at the center of the intellectual, social, and cultural life of Cairo and Egypt for the last one hundred years, and is hailed as one of the leading academic institutions in the Middle East. Utilizing a rich array of photographs, documents, and objects, this book presents one hundred short stories about the life and legacy of this unique and remarkable institution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American University in Cairo Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 201mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9789774168840
• ISBN-10: 9774168844
• Artikelnr.: 55314524

Autorenporträt

Andrew Humphreys's relationship with AUC stretches back to the late 1980s when he was often to be found behind a newspaper around the Fountain Court on the Tahrir Campus. He collaborated with AUC professor John Rodenbeck on the series of SPARE maps of Islamic Cairo. In 1996, he was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Cairo Times. He is the author of National Geographic Traveler Egypt (AUC Press, 2009), Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel (AUC Press, 2012), and On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel (AUC Press, 2015). Gadi Farfour was born and raised in Alexandria. She studied print design at the London College of Printing, and has subsequently worked as a magazine and book designer for Lonely Planet, Virgin Books, the Time Out Group, and Dorling Kindersley. For AUC Press she has designed Grand Hotels of Egypt in the Golden Age of Travel (2012), On the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel (2015), and Classic Egyptian Movies (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

1. A Brief Overview of the History of AUC
2. Students and Alumni
3. Faculty
4. Staff
5. Visitors
6. The Social Scene
7. AUC through Wars and Revolutions
8. Contributions to Egyptian Society
9. International Contribution of AUC
10. Outreach
11. AUC Press
12. Building and Campuses
13. Looking to the Future