American University in Cairo
New Cairo Campus
The Sullivan Lounge
Mon 17, 4:30pm - 6:30pm: "Institutional Formations of the Secular"
talk is part of the AUC-FEPS Political Science Joint Seminar. It features Prof. Dina Hosni, Assistant to Chair at the Political Science Department and lecturer at the Academy of Liberal Arts, who will speak about state-sponsored female preaching in Egypt.
The study of the secular has transcended its narrow definition by some as the rift between religion and the practice of the state and state policy to a more complex configuration where the state is the one defining the boundaries for neutrality to operate. Drawing from a broader ongoing project on the recent state-sponsored female preaching in Egypt and the question of women’s agency and empowerment, the study poses the question as to whether the form of religiosity fostered by the state could be taken as a token of imposing institutional forms of the secular.
History Department Conference Room, 2144
Wed 19, 9.45am – 10.45am: "History Hash Outs—Reclaiming Voices, Reimagining Futures: A Personal Journey Through Gender, History and Public Policy" join Reham Elmorally (HIST ’16), Assistant Professor of Public Policy at AUC, for an inspiring talk on her journey—what led her to her work, how her experiences shaped her views, and why she wrote Recovering Women’s Voices: Islam, Citizenship, and Patriarchy.
She’ll also share insights from her role as Head of Public Policy and Research at Entlaq Holding, an Egyptian think tank supporting entrepreneurs, and why empowering change makers is more important than ever.
El Sawy Culturewheel
End of 26th of July St, underneath the 15th of May Bridge, Zamalek, Tel 2736 8881/6178/2737 4448
Word Hall
Fri 14, 9pm: "Ask Wafa" a new lecture with Ahmed Abul-Wafa, a psychiatric consultant.
Sat 15, 9.30: "Challenge Opportunity" a meeting with His Eminence Sheikh Ibrahim El-Buhairi, Director of Da'wah (Preaching) in the Cairo Region and His Eminence Sheikh Ahmed Abbadi in the Cairo Preaching District. The meeting will discuss challenge with oneself, challenge of achievements, and self-control.
* A version of this article appears in print in the 13 March, 2025 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly
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