Reem Gehad - Freelance Reporter

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Independent syndicate
AUC's Independent Syndicate: One year later
Reem Gehad - Freelance Reporter
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
The Independent Syndicate has become an important marker for staff and workers at AUC a year after its establishment.
SCAF consensus president stirs controversy among political forces
Reem Gehad - Freelance Reporter
Marina Barsoum - Reporter
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

With Egypt's presidential elections to be held on May 23 and 24, many political groups are not in favor of the idea of a "consensus president," especially after hearing unconfirmed news that stated Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil El-Araby was running for the post.

A consensus president is one chosen by Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and agreed upon by the rest of the political powers in the parliament without democratic elections involving the masses.

Tahrir security guards complain of meager rewards
Reem Gehad - Freelance Reporter
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

A number of AUC security guards have complained of unfair pay for overtime work while protecting the university during Mohammed Mahmoud Street clashes last November.

Despite the EGP 2000 raise that 280 security guards received in recognition of their efforts, security personnel remain unsatisfied with how the basic salary and overtime were calculated given the exceptional circumstances and difficult working conditions.

During the clashes, AUC's Tahrir campus was officially closed to students and staff alike.

Fadl: If AUC students are ‘agents’, I cherish agents very much
Reem Gehad - Freelance Reporter
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

The calls for civil disobedience were done with "unnecessary haste" and the action should have come in stages, said writer Belal Fadl at a discussion on campus last week.

"I think that different sectors of society should have started with a strike, and then [Egyptians] would escalate their action to civil disobedience," he said.

Arab Spring challenges 9/11 perceptions
Arab Spring challenges 9/11 perceptions
Ahmed Aboul Enein
Reem Gehad - Freelance Reporter
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
This year’s 9/11 anniversary comes at a time when the world watches the Arab people protest and revolt in search of the very freedoms they were often accused of hating.

The shifting Arab political landscape has also come to challenge the negative western perception of Arabs brought about by the 9/11 attacks.

Jerusalem
Occupation 101 - 'This is not the world we were born to live'
Reem Gehad - Freelance Reporter
Sunday, November 7th, 2010

I was shaken. My mind awakened alarmingly at the scenes shown before my eyes, and rooted into rows of old pages left untouched for years in my memory. I remembered the story my grandmother used to tell me of her family forced to leave their home in the Palestinian town of El-Led due to the 1948 Israeli deportation operations.