At CASAR, we aspire to deepen the AUC community’s understanding of the United States and its relationship with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). We aim to present a nuanced view of American involvement in the region.
To do so, the Center supports high-quality academic research as well as a wide variety of outreach and educational programs, including hosting colloquia and public lectures, thus making available a broad range of opportunities for the AUC community, and to highlight the usefulness of American studies to students of diverse interests and career intentions.
The outreach activities within the AUC community and larger Egyptian society that CASAR offers are a vital part of achieving the Center's mission of enhancing mutual understanding between the MENA region and the United States.
For more information and contacts, please visit the CASAR website.
Performances from 2025
‘CASAR Public lecture: 100 Days of Trump: America, the Middle East, and Beyond’, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public Lecture: From Coolidge to Trump: A Century of Racial Politics in America, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public lecture: The Fierce Battle for the 2024 US Presidency: Race, Gender, and the Power of Identity Politics, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public lecture: Will Trump End the Ukraine War?, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Student Discussion Series #7: Censored Classrooms - Should parents and community members have a say in restricting certain books in schools, based on factors such as religion, age appropriateness, and more?, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
Performances from 2024
CASAR AUC Community lecture: ‘Gender-based violence,Women and the Law in Egypt and the US’, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR AUC community only lecture: Men, Women’s Body Autonomy & GBV crimes in Egypt, US & Canada: Why Men Need to Step Up for the Education of Women's Body Autonomy, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR AUC community only lecture: Men, Women’s Body Autonomy & GBV crimes in Egypt, US & Canada: Why Men Need to Step Up for the Education of Women's Body Autonomy, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public lecture: The results are out! Implications of the US 2024 Elections on Egypt & the World: Looking at a Broader Perspective’, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Student Debate #3: Can solidarity produce mutual benefits for the African Diaspora& Palestine social movements?, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Student debate Series #5 : 'The 2024 US Elections on Gender & Reproductive Rights', The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Student Discussion Series #6: 'The 2024 US Election results are out!The 2024 US Elections results will affect the Middle East Region positively', The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Panel Discussion: The 2024 US Elections: Expectations and Implications Around the World, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR and Mark W. Deets
CASAR Public lecture: ‘The U.S. Civil Rights Experience and the Freedom Riders’, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR and Mark W. Deets
CASAR Public lecture: ‘The Free Speech Exception to Palestine’, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR, Mark W. Deets, and Steven Salaita
CASAR Public lecture: "Women & STEM Education in Egypt & the US: Stepping into a Man's World of Science & Technology", The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR, Yasmeen El Ghazaly, and Mark W. Deets
CASAR Student debate#4:"Should men be allowed to vote on abortion legislation?", The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR, Yasmeen El Ghazaly, and Mark W. Deets
Performances from 2023
AUC community only lecture: Gender-based violence (GBV), Women & the Law in Egypt, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR (AUC community only) Lecture : Body Autonomy, Culture & Empowering Women in Egypt, US & Canada: The Differences That Unite Us', The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public lecture: 'How Different Are We? Sexual Harassment Education in the US and Egypt', The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public lecture: How far have women come in the past 120 years in Egypt and the US?, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public lecture: Mapping the Journeys of Enslaved People from Zanzibar to the Gulf, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public Lecture: October Surprise? Iran and Jimmy Carter’s Electoral Defeat in 1980, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public lecture: The Gaza War: Implications for the United States and Egypt, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Public Panel Discussion: "Global and Regional Repercussions of the 6th of October War: Arab and American Perspectives", The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Student Discussion Series: ‘Does Social Media Bring More Harm Than Good?’, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
CASAR Student Discussion Series: Should Cultural Artifacts be Returned to Their Country of Origin?, The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research CASAR
Submissions from 2022
A National Struggle: Senegalese wrestling and Casamançais separatism, Mark W. Deets
Submissions from 2018
Cairo Debates: Understanding Arab-American Relations, Magda Shahin
Egypt and the Middle East, Magda Shahin
Performances from 2017
Arab-U.S. Relations in Perspective, Magda Shahin
The Impact of Notions of Nationalism on Women's Rights in Egypt, Magda Shahin and Yasmeen El-Ghazaly
Submissions from 2016
Islam and the West: Global Challenges, Concerted Responses, Reda Shehata
Performances from 2014
Egyptian-US Relations Future Prospects, Center for American Studies and Research