Lamia Eid News Today

The American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) have joined forces on Egypts Digital Heritage Portal project. This collaboration aims to strengthen Egypts position in electronic design and embedded systems software, focusing on electric cars and self-driving vehicles. AUC Libraries, in partnership with MCIT, will be making Egypts rich heritage available in a digital format through this project. AUCs Department of Electronics and Communic...

As part of their shared commitment to safeguarding and maintaining cultural heritage, AUC and the Al-Turath Foundation have partnered to launch a new initiative aimed at developing innovative digital methods for historical preservation.

The first international survey of work by the late Armenian-Egyptian studio photographer Van Leo is currently on display in the Hammer Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles as a collaboration between the museum and AUC’s Rare Books and Special Collections Library, which holds the Van Leo collection, with additional collaborative support from the Arab Image Foundation in Beirut. Becoming Van Leo is showing until November 5 and includes ephemera and some photographs printe...