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Statement by H.E. Mr. Walid A1-Moualem Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Head of the Delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic At The 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York
No full textStatement by H.E. Mr. Walid A1-Moualem Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Head of the Delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic At The 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly New Yor
Security Council, 69th Year : 7216th Meeting, Monday, 14 July 2014, New York
No full textSecurity Council Resolution 2165 (2014) [on Humanitarian Situation In The Syrian Arab Republic And The Establishment Of A Monitoring Mechanism
Farkhonda Hassan Oral History
No full textFarkhonda Hassan was a faculty member in science at the American University in Cairo from the 1970s to 2003, having been a graduate student there in the 1960s. Hassan outlines her family's background and her experience as a primary and secondary student at the Coptic Girl’s College. She recalls how she became interested in geology as a child, and going on to study geology at Cairo University, despite the few women in the discipline. Hassan recounts coming to AUC as a student in the first year of its solid-state science graduate program in 1964, and describes the Science Department’s faculty (like Chairman Adli Bishay) and its facilities in the 1960s, including the opening of the new Science Building. She also offers a portrait of the downtown campus and social life in those years. Hassan tells of pursuing her doctorate in geology in the United States, and her study there of moon rocks in the late 1960s. She speaks of her return to Egypt to join AUC’s Science faculty in the early 1970s, as one of several early-career science faculty hired by the university, and discusses developments in the sciences and engineering at AUC over the years. Hassan describes the response of AUC administrators, faculty, and students to the 1973 War, including volunteer work at nearby hospitals, and profiles AUC students over the course of her time at the university. Her committee service, role in seeking retirement age equity for Egyptian faculty at AUC, and research pursuits are also covered. Hassan also discusses her service in Egypt’s Parliament (including the Shura Council) and work in nongovernmental and international organizations on environmental and women’s issues
Leila Saad Oral History
No full textLeila Saad was an undergraduate student in the 1960s at the American University in Cairo, where she was a faculty member teaching theater in the 2000s. Saad describes her parents’ backgrounds, including her father’s 1919 Revolution-era political activities and assassination attempt on Egypt’s prime minister, and his education and career. Leila relates how her father’s personality and open-minded approach to topics like women’s roles and religion shaped her outlook, and recalls her years as a student at The English School in Heliopolis and elsewhere. She offers portraits of the Heliopolis neighborhood where she grew up and lived for many years, Cairo’s shopping and entertainment scene in the mid-20th century, and sports and recreational activities she pursued. Saad recounts episodes from her youth like serving as a medical volunteer during the 1956 War, the departure of Jewish friends from Egypt in that era, and winning the title of Miss Egypt in 1958. She speaks about attending AUC in the mid-1960s as a married undergraduate student, her involvement in the theater program there, professors and classmates, and her establishing a campus cafeteria called Greedees. An account of her departure from Egypt to study in the United States is provided, including the challenges of securing an exit visa and the controversy over relocating on her own, without her young son and former husband. Saad outlines her study of theater at American West Coast universities in the 1960s and 1970s, and her career teaching theater and performing in the U.S.. She tells of her return to Egypt in the early 2000s and joining AUC as a faculty member teaching theater from 2005 to 2011, and describes the drama program, her faculty and staff colleagues, and students and graduates who went on to accomplished careers. She also mentions her endeavors outside AUC, including theater initiatives with AUC alumni and founding her own theater company
