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Informants at AUC?
The independent AUC student newspaper has published an investigative report about informants on campus
Mai Shams El-Din
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AUC remembers Giulio Regeni, protests university’s position on his murder
A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the American University in Cairo (AUC) for Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni, who was found brutally murdered early this month after a…
Mai Shams El-Din
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#academic freedom
Student unions face major challenges ahead of new semester
Mai Shams El-Din on the mountain of problems accumulated since the 2013 overthrow of Morsi, from annulled elections to students' forced disappearances.
Mai Shams El-Din
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Cairo University professor exposes security intervention in academic freedoms
Egypt’s academic community has been fighting intervention by security bodies into academic life since former President Hosni Mubarak. Many scholars have voiced major concerns over the state’s tight grip on…
Mai Shams El-Din
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Court acquits 5 Azhar students and 14 others sentenced to 3 years
The Court of Cessation acquitted five female Al-Azhar University students on Wednesday, after they spent three years in prison for violence, but…
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Higher Education Ministry demands private universities ban research deemed ‘insulting to friendly countries’
The Minister of Higher Education has demanded that private universities to ban research which insults “brotherly or friendly countries.”
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Professor at German University: They thought my students’ work was immoral so they terminated my contract
The contract of professor at Cairo's German University was terminated because they deemed his students' works immoral.
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US citizen barred entry to Egypt due to ‘national security’ concerns
US citizen Ada Petiwala was refused entry to Egypt on Tuesday, after being detained and interrogated at Cairo International Airport, and was…
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#academic faculty
Cairo University reverses cancellation of professor’s sabbatical
Cairo University has reversed its earlier decision to cancel faculty of arts Assistant Professor Kholoud Saber’s sabbatical, Saber reported on her Facebook…
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With new evidence from Giulio Regeni autopsy, Italy exhorts Egypt to heighten cooperation
The Italian government is urging Egyptian authorities to heighten cooperation with their investigations into the torture and murder of Italian student Giulio…
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رأي
Nasmet Hawa
Permission to narrate denied again: A trial by ordeal at UC Berkeley
«Congressional hearings are the modern equivalent of the trial by ordeal. In a trial by ordeal, the logic was simple and cruel: if you survived the…»
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Hassan Elmasry
Why is Egypt attacking human rights groups?
«Egypt’s human rights movement has a long and patriotic history»
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Helena Nassif
On Punishability – Researching in Egypt after Regeni
«What does it mean to write through fear?»
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