PRINCE ALWALEED AMERICAN STUDIES CENTER ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS September 2006 through June 2011 OUR MISSION The mission of the center is to improve understanding between America and the Arab World. It will seek to be a central place for discussion of issues involving the US, Egypt, the Middle East, and the world. It will run an active public outreach program including student trips, media programs, public conferences, and symposia with Egyptian universities. On campus, it will also provide courses, lectures, documentaries, mentoring, hosting of Fulbright Scholars, and partnering with Egyptian and int’l organizations. It will also be active in publishing its results. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS OUTREACH • Reached more than one million people in Egypt and the Middle East with its programs. • Made 42 appearances on American, Egyptian, and Saudi television. • Ran nine student conferences and three conferences for the Egyptian public. • Led 30 AUC students and faculty members on three field trips to Washington, DC. • Implemented a year-long exchange program between AUC and Rice University. • Organized or participated in six press conferences. • Trained 38 Egyptian journalists on the 2008 American elections. • Gave 19 public talks in Egypt, the US, Britain, Albania, and Lebanon. • Presented 48 documentaries with discussions for 1,200 people. • Helped to get global warming onto the AUC agenda and the public agenda in Egypt. • Worked cross-culturally with 16 Egyptian national universities. • Organized five videoconferences with US and Middle Eastern universities. • Took field trips to US Embassy, USAID, Alexandria, Suez Canal, Arab League, museums. • Worked with five Alwaleed centers, six universities, eight NGOs, five media organizations. CAMPUS PROGRAMS • Hosted 47 speakers in the American Issues Speakers Series. • Taught of 490 AUC students over five years. • Started three new core curriculum courses. • Helped six student assistants win study abroad places in the US, Japan, and Italy. • Mentored 24 AUC students. • Helped to expand the number of USA-related courses at AUC. • Hosted five Fulbright Scholars at the center. • Organized a Fulbright Speakers Series. • Moved the center into the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. PUBLICATIONS • A student-authored report How We See the Revolution. • Seeing Ourselves as Other See Us based on the AUC-Rice exchange. • Is the Arab World Going Democratic? based on an interuniversity conference. • The series US-Arab Issues. Three issues in print. • Course books for What is America? and Big Global Issues We All Face. • Book project start-up: The New Egypt: the Society Emerging from the Egyptian Revolution. OUTREACH Objective 1: Organize Student Conferences on Cross-Cultural Themes. The center has sponsored nine student meetings and conferences in the last four years: • Is the Arab World Going Democratic? AUC, Cairo, BUE, Menoufiya students. Apr 2011 • Cairo Colloquium on US-Middle East Issues with Rice students June 2010 and Jan. 2011. • After Obama’s Cairo Speech, What Next? with students from Fordham University, Columbia University, and the Doha campuses of Northwestern and Georgetown. • Islamophobia in America and Anti-Americanism in Egypt with Cairo Law Faculty 2009. • Mock Presidential Elections in November 2008. • US Elections Quiz Bowl with US Embassy in October 2008. • Beyond Borders: Big Issues between the US and the Middle East with the American NGO Project on Middle East Democracy in March 2008. • Bringing the World Together: US-Egyptian Dialogue on Foreign Policy in 2007. • Youth Dialogue on American Foreign Policy with the Model Egyptian Parliament 2006. Objective 2: Engage Actively with the Egyptian and Middle Eastern Media. • US-Egyptian Relations Today on Nile TV’s Daily Debate (Leach) • Will the Revolution in Syria Succeed? on Nile TV’s Daily Debate (Leach) • Stability of Iraq? On Saudi TV Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) • No-Fly Zone for Libya? on Saudi TV Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) • Causes of the Egyptian Uprising on CBS Evening News (Leach) • Anti-Americanism in Egypt on CBS Evening News (Leach) • Youth Unemployment in Egypt on CBS Morning News (Leach) • Government Repression in Egypt on CBS Morning News (Leach) • What Way Forward for Gaza? on Saudi TV Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) • The War in Afghanistan on Nile TV’s Daily Debate (Leach) • What is Obama’s Asian Tour All About? on Nile TV’s Daily Debate (Leach) • The American Mid-term Elections on Nile TV’s World Today (Leach) • US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia on Nile TV’s Daily Debate (Leach) • Is Progress Possible Now on the Israel-Palestine Conflict? on Saudi TV Political Agenda (Leach) • Why is There Political Turmoil in Thailand on Saudi TV Political Agenda (Leach) • Iran and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty on Nile TV’s Frontline (Leach) • What Do We Need to Know about Global Warming? on Planet TV (Leach) • How Do You See Egypt? on Nile TV’s Our Egypt (Leach) • What American Studies Is All About in Egypt on Nile TV’s Our Egypt (Leach) • Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Taliban on Saudi TV Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) 2 • Choosing an Unusual Cross-cultural Career on Nile TV’s Our Egypt (Leach) • Islam’s Image in the West on Nile TV’s Frontline (Leach) • Iran, the Middle East, and the West on Nile TV’s Frontline (Griffiths) • Obama’s First Year on Nile TV’s Frontline (Leach) • Defense Department’s Role in Global Warming on NBC News (Leach) • Global Warming’s Impact on Egypt on Nile TV’s Frontline (Leach) • Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict on Nile TV’s Frontline (Leach) • The Iranian Elections on Saudi Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) • The Uighur-Chinese Conflict in China on Saudi Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) • US, Iran, and Obama Administration on Saudi TV Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) • International Criminal Court and President Omar al Bashir on Saudi TV Channel 2 (Leach) • The Middle East Peace Process on Nile TV’s Frontline (Leach) • The Obama Administration on Nile TV’s Frontline (Mason) • US Policy towards Africa on Nile TV's Africa This Week (Mason) • Will There Be a New Cold War? on Nile TV’s Frontline (Leach) • The Current Economic Crisis on Nile TV’s Frontline (Galbraith) • The US Elections 2008 on Saudi TV Channel 2 Political Agenda (Leach) • The Middle East Peace Process on Nile TV’s Frontline (Pastor) • The Status of Forces Agreement between the US and Iraq on Saudi TV Channel 2 (Leach) • The US Elections 2008 on Brookings Doha - Washington Closed-Circuit TV (Leach) • The Primaries and the Elections on US Embassy TV for Egyptian press (Leach) • Coverage of 2008 elections conference by Egyptian TV Channel 1, Al Arabiya, Dream TV, Al Hurra, Oman TV, Orbit, Nile News, Egyptian TV News, OTV, Al Jazeera, and Al Hayah Radio interviews included: • Dr. Jerry W. Leach on BBC Radio 4 “Today” show in May 2011 • Prof. James K. Galbraith on “Stars on Egyptian Land” in May 2009 • Dr. John Duke Anthony on “Stars on Egyptian Land” in March 2008 Newspaper interviews and articles: • Dr. Leach on US universities and Egyptian protests for The Chronicle of Higher Education • Dr. Leach on global warming with Al Ahram Weekly • Dr. Leach on 2008 elections for Rose AlYoussef • Dr. John Duke Anthony on US-Arab Relations with Rose AlYoussef and Al Masry Al Youm • Prof. James K. Galbraith on recession for Rose AlYoussef, Ahram Weekly, Al Alam Al Youm • Coverage of the 2008 Elections conference by Al Ahram Weekly, Al Dostur, Sayedaty, Nahdet Masr, Al Youm Al Sabie, Al Masry Al Youm, Al Ahram Al Masaie, Watani, Al Ahrar, Al Ahrar, MENA, Al Akhbar, Rose AlYoussef, Al Mal, Wa Al Akar, Al Badeel, Bashyar, Egypt Today, Al Shabab. The Daily News and Reuters, Associated Press. Conferences participated in: • Trash and Recycling in Egypt for LEAD conference in 2010 (Leach) • Symposium on the Nile for Sawy Culture Wheel in 2009 (Leach) • World Innovation Summit for Education in November (Leach) • Africa-Middle Summit on Renewable Energy in 2009 (Leach) • Egyptian Business Summit on Global Climate Change in 2009 (Leach) • The Threat to the Nile Delta from Global Warming for UNEP’s Youth Summit on Global Climate Change in March 2009 (Leach) • American Foreign Policy in the Middle East for Cairo U. Law Faculty 2009 (Leach). 3 • American Studies Association in Washington, D.C. 2008. • What Good Is Cross-Cultural Dialogue? US-Egypt Beyond Borders Conference 2007 (Leach). • Free Speech: Getting It and Keeping It for AISEC International Conference in 2007 (Leach). Workshops organized: • Dr. Leach gave a 12-hour workshop on The US Elections 2008 to 19 Egyptian journalists who were covering the elections. He then gave them a 4-hour seminar in Washington at the National Press Foundation. Co-sponsored with Adham Center for Electronic Journalism. Press conferences given or participated in: • Dr. Leach and Alwaleed Center Leaders on West and Islamic World. World press. • Dr. Leach on Global Warming and the Nile Delta. Cairo newspapers. • Dr. Leach on the 2008 US Presidential Elections. Cairo TV channels. • Dr. James K. Galbraith on the Great Recession of 2008-09. Cairo TV channels and newspapers. • Dr. John Duke Anthony on US-Arab Relations. Cairo newspapers. • Dr. Robert Pastor on Democracy and Islam. Cairo newspapers. Objective 3: Run American Issues Speakers Series on Campus and for the Public. Academic Year 2010-11 • Mr. Michael Wadleigh on The Future of Humanity • Dr. Jerry Leach on The November 2010 Congressional Elections Academic Year 2009-10 • Sir Eldon Griffiths on Iran, the Middle East, and the West • Dr. Ahmet Uysal on Islam and Politics in Turkey • Dr. Bruce Lohof on Overview of the Fulbright Program • Dr. Zohair Husain on The Major Causes and Consequences of the Cold War • Dr. Catherine Harbour on Take it Outside: Household Smoking Restrictions • Dr. Michael McMullen on The American Baha'i Community • Dr.