Caravan Staff

A Caravan survey has revealed that almost 84 percent of AUC students intend to vote in the upcoming presidential elections. At least 31 percent said they would vote for Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, followed by former Arab League chief Amr Moussa with 25 percent.

Thirteen candidates are running for Egypt's presidency, which is an unprecedented phenomenon in the country's history. Elections will take place on May 23 and 24.

Former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik received over nine percent of the votes, followed by Hamdeen Sabahi with over seven percent.

The donkey has been treated unfairly. Throughout Arab pop culture, donkeys are referred to as dumb animals and the various nomenclatures for its cousins (baghil, ja'hish, etc) have all been used to demean people.

Someone who you want to label as an incompetent buffon might be called a donkey (humaar). A pedestrian who crosses the road ahead of incoming traffic, for example, might invoke the casual commuter's ire and receive the pop euphemism of the Equus africanus asinus.

Salma Said, leftist blogger and activist, received a hail of police birdshots, 26 in her leg and 3 in her face, later on Sunday when she was protesting in Bab El-Louq near the Ministry of Interior.

The Board consists of journalism and mass communication professors Scott MacLeod and Mervat About Oaf, history professor Pandeli Glavanis, and The Daily News Egypt editor-in-chief Rania Al Malky.

The argument presented is that seven years is the maximum sentence possible considering the charges.

However, if it weren't for a corrupt prosecutor general and interior ministry, the officers charged with killing Said would have been charged with murder through torture, something in accordance with international anti-torture legislation Egypt is signatory to.

Egypt's then President Anwar Sadat wanted to force the superpowers US and USSR to intervene in the Middle East conflict and create a comprehensive peace process.

The October 1973 War and the limited military achievements eventually led to the 1978 Camp David Accords between Egypt, Israel and the US.

The Accords comprised two agreements, the second of which formed the basis of the 1979 Peace Treaty.

A day of angry discussions between students, custodial staff, security staff and administration ended with AUC President Lisa Anderson being booed away from the microphone during an open forum outside the administration building late on Thursday. Some students later took down the American flag, as well as the AUC flag, leaving only the Egyptian one up at Gate 1.

The throng of protesters also made its way into the library.

By 3pm dozens of classes had been emptied of students.

Some protesters said that they were willing to spend the night on campus in a bid to pressure AUC administration to back down from the recent 9 percent tuition fee hike.

Photo by Nada Badawi

The process of investigating and uncovering the extent of State Security’s involvement with AUC, was long and frustrating.

When we interviewed Ashraf Kamal, the head of security on campus, he was extremely friendly initially. But when we began to ask questions he didn’t expect, regarding Hossam El-Hamalawy (also known as 3arabawy), he took a different tone and basically kicked us out, ending the interview abruptly but politely.