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Finding Forgiveness

In this talk, Wassim Sabry will suggest that rather than thinking of the most basic case of forgiveness as a paradigm, thinking about an ideal of forgiveness offers a better way of identifying a paradigm case that would enable us to see other cases as derivative of it.

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Kant and the Self-Conscious Form of Rational Faith

Nov

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Addison Ellis, Assistant Professor at AUC's Department of Philosophy, as he argues that the appearance of paradox can be dissolved only by spelling out how such belief—what Kant calls ‘faith’—has its own distinctive self-conscious logical form.

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Al-Kindī and Classical Islamic Modal Thought

Oct

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Ahmed El-Sayed Abdel Meguid, Assistant Professor at AUC's Department of Philosophy, as he demonstrates that Islamic modal thought can already be traced in late 8th-century philosophical theology (kalām).

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The U.S. Presidential Elections: What Is the Impact on a Changing Middle East?

Nov

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Don't miss this intriguing talk featuring Paul Salem, VP for International Engagement at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, on how the U.S. presidential election may impact Middle East policy amid ongoing regional conflict and shifting dynamics.

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America's Next President: What it Means for the Middle East, Africa and the Future of the Region

Oct

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join a media discussion with AUC faculty experts who will analyze the implications of the upcoming US presidential election on the Middle East and Africa. They will explore the impact on the ongoing war in the region, stability and geopolitical shifts, as well as a look toward the future. Panelists are Bahgat Korany, director of AUC Forum and professor of international relations and politica...

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Prayer and Devotion in Ottoman Egypt: The Making of al-Jazuli’s Best-Seller, Dala’il al-Khayrat.

Nov

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Research Fellow Rachida Chih as she explores how al-Jazûlî’s Dala’il became central to Sunni tradition and its impact on Ottoman Egypt’s religious life.

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Sufism in Ottoman Egypt – Historiography, Sources and Methodology

Nov

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Rachida Chih, Research Fellow at CNRS, as she explores how the Ottoman conquest transformed Egyptian Sufi culture, examining its impact on Sufi institutions, rituals, and scholarly traditions.

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Women’s Fashions in Mamluk Cairo

Dec

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a talk on women’s fashion in Mamluk Cairo, exploring their creative defiance of regulations, illustrated with artifacts, manuscripts and European artwork.

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Design for Resistance

Don't miss this interesting exhibition featuring the work of Swiss graphic designer Marc Rudin, renowned for his resistance-focused themes, particularly regarding the Palestinian cause.

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