AUP鈥檚 cultural program has been designed to give you opportunities to link your classroom experiences to the world outside, as your professors lead expeditions to destinations that relate back to your academic work. For those taking courses in Middle East studies, including the First-Year聽First Bridge program and elementary and intermediate Arabic, you will have the chance to visit Cairo, Egypt, where you can practice your linguistic skills and explore the city that you鈥檒l have read so much about.
This trip has broadened my horizon and given me more of a global citizenship.
While staying in the heart of downtown Cairo, you will visit many of the locations referenced in the literature you鈥檒l have studied in class, including the mosques and monuments of the Islamic City, the Pyramids at Giza, and the Egyptian Museum, home to the world鈥檚 largest collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts and the treasures of the boy-king Tutankhamun. You will have the opportunity to meet families in the nearby oasis of Fayoum, where you will learn more about ecotourism and the ways in which both you and local populations can benefit from such visits.
You will also spend time at AUP鈥檚 sister institution, the American University in Cairo, where you will attend classes and share experiences with your Arab and Egyptian peers. From ancient Egypt to the Islamic City, and from modern Cairo, the Arab world鈥檚 largest city and one of the largest on the African continent, to examining development issues in desert oases, this visit is sure to lay the foundations for years of reflection and further study of the Arab world.
Students studying either linguistics or the history and politics of the Middle East are invited to attend a three-day study trip to Istanbul.
I don鈥檛 think I could have found such amazing professors and such a unique student community at any other university.
Students of urban form and Place Branding will discover Islamic architecture and design and how these are part of Fez public identity.