Benefit Dinner

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

Shafik Gabr ’73

Chair and Managing Director, ARTOC Group for Investment and Development

Azza Kamel ’83

Founder and Director, Alwan wa Awtar NGO

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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

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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

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Shahira Amin ’78

Journalist and Former Deputy Head of Nile TV International

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Ben Wedeman ’81

CNN Senior International Correspondent

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Amr Waked ’96

Actor

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Suad Al-Husseini Juffali

Chair of the Ahmed Juffali Foundation

Nicholas D. Kristof

Nicholas D. Kristof

Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times

El Shafie is preparing to study at law at Harvard University, hoping to bring the Islamic and Western worlds closer to one another

Mohamed El Shafie '17

Harvard Law School, Candidate for JD '20

Radwa Hamed

Radwa Hamed '17

2019 Knight-Hennessey Scholar, Stanford University

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Ahmed Zahran ‘02 and Yumna Madi ’04

Co-founders, KarmSolar (AUC Venture Lab Startup)

Heba Bahgat

Co-founder, Madad (AUC Venture Lab Startup)