Benefit Dinner
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The American University in Cairo has hosted a series of prestigious benefit dinners to spotlight the University's groundbreaking achievements and generate essential funds for student scholarships.
Past Honorees
Abdallah Jum’ah ’65
Former President and CEO Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Shafik Gabr ’73
Chair and Managing Director, ARTOC Group for Investment and Development
Azza Kamel ’83
Founder and Director, Alwan wa Awtar NGO
Monica Hanna ’04, ’07
Award-Winning Egyptian Archaeologist
Haifaa Al-Mansour ’97
Saudi Arabia’s First Female Filmmaker
Rana El-Kaliouby ’98 ’00
Chief Science Officer of Affectiva
Heba Morayef ’02
Egypt Director of Human Rights Watch
John F. W. Rogers
Executive Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Mustafa Abdel-Wadood ’91
Chief Executive Officer, Abraaj Group Limited
Perihan Abou-Zeid ’09
Co-founder and Communications Director, Qabila Media Production
Shahira Amin ’78
Journalist and Former Deputy Head of Nile TV International
Ben Wedeman ’81
CNN Senior International Correspondent
Amr Waked ’96
Actor
Suad Al-Husseini Juffali
Chair of the Ahmed Juffali Foundation
Nicholas D. Kristof
Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Mohamed El Shafie '17
Harvard Law School, Candidate for JD '20
Radwa Hamed '17
2019 Knight-Hennessey Scholar, Stanford University
Ahmed Zahran ‘02 and Yumna Madi ’04
Co-founders, KarmSolar (AUC Venture Lab Startup)
Heba Bahgat
Co-founder, Madad (AUC Venture Lab Startup)