Egypt Introduction Video

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Erik

Fullbright-Hays Group Project Itinerary

Hello everyone,

I wanted to make my first post of the blog the agenda for my trip to Egypt. View my daily schedule below (I will be flying out of Denver International Airport on June 28, 2008):

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
Summer 2008

On-site Seminar Program and Itinerary


WEEK I

June 28 (Saturday) 5:30 pm 8:15 pm
Depart from Denver
Meet at DIA and group check in.
Lv Denver via BA #218

June 29 - (Sunday)

12:10 pm - Arrive London Heathrow
5:45 pm Lv - Heathrow via BA 155



June 30 - (Monday)


12:25 am -Arrive Cairo. Check in Hotel Marwa
7:30 – 9:00 -Breakfast*
9:00 – 12 -Free Morning Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 -Briefing by Fulbright staff
4:00 – 5:30- Lecture: Ancient Egypt Treasures: Process of Continuous Discoveries – Dr. Zahi Hawas, Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities
6:00 – 7:30 - Dinner


Overnight Cairo - July 1 (Tuesday)


7:30 – 8:30 - Breakfast*
9:00 – 5:00 - Excursion: Giza & Saqqara

7:30 – 9:00 - Lecture: Christianity and Citizenship Rights in Egypt – Samir Morkosa, Coptic Center for Social Studies

9:00 - Dinner


Overnight Cairo - July 2 (Wednesday)

7:30 – 8:30 - Breakfast*
9:00 – 1:00 - Excursion: Old Cairo and Coptic Sites
Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 - Curriculum Development
5:30 – 7:00 - Lecture: Islam in Egypt: Theory & Practice – Dr. Zaki Hammad, Professor of Sharia’ , Al Azhar University

7:30 – 9:00 - Lecture: Islamic Art & Architecture – Dr. Lobna Sherif, Professor of Architechture, faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University


9:00 - Dinner


Overnight Cairo July 3 (Thursday)



7:30 – 8:30 - Breakfast*
9:00 – 5:00 - Excursion: Islamic Sites

7:00 – 8:30 - Survival Arabic – Mrs. Mona Kemal, Director, Center for Arabic Study Abroad, The Amercian University of Cairo

9:00 - Dinner


Overnight Cairo July 4 (Friday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 10:30
11:00 – 5:00
Evening

Breakfast*
Class Meeting
Curriculum Development
Independence Day Picnic
July 5
(Saturday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00 –12:00
12:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 5:00


Evening

Breakfast*
Curriculum Development
Lunch
Excursion: Khan Khalil Bazaar and Al Azhar Park
Dinner
Evaluation #1
Overnight Cairo

WEEK II

July 6
(Sunday)

8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 12:00
Rest of the day
Breakfast*
Excursion – Egyptian Museum
Free Day (Recommended activities: Zoo, camel market, Meidun pyramid, al-Faiyum)
Overnight Cairo
July 7
(Monday)

7:00 – 8:00
9:00 – 10:30



11:00 –12:30



12:30 – 1:45
2:00 – 4:30
Evening
Breakfast*
Lecture: Geography and Environmental Issues – Dr. Hany Hamroush, Scientific Affairs Specialist, US Embassy and Part time Professor of Geology, the American university of Cairo
Lecture: Education Reform Issues in Egypt – Dr. Iman S. El-Kaffass, Associate Dean and Executive Director of Diversity Scholarship & Leadership for Education and Development Program, (AUC)
Lunch
Visit a School/University – To be arranged
Dinner
Overnight Cairo
July 8
(Tuesday)
7:30 – 8:30
9:00 –10:30
10:30-12:30
12:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 4:30
5:00 – 6:30



7:00 8:30


9:00
Breakfast*
Class Meeting
Visit American University Campus
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Lecture: Modern Egypt: British Colonization, Independence and 1973 War, Dr. Assem El Desouki, Professor of Modern History, Cairo University

Lecture: Bedouin Cultures and Variations between Egyptian Culture and those of Other Arab Countries – Dr. Abdallah Cole, Professor of Anthropology, (AUC)
Dinner
Overnight Cairo
July 9
(Wednesday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00

11:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 2:30
3:00 – 5:30
7:30 – 9:00
Breakfast*
Depart for Suez Canal by bus
Excursion: Suez Canal
Lunch
Travel to El Arish
Dinner
Overnight El Arish
July 10
(Thursday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 11:30
12:00 – 1:30
Afternoon
8:00
Breakfast*
Excursion: Bedouin Market
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Dinner
Overnight Al Arish
July 11
(Friday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 11:00


Afternoon
Evening
Breakfast*
Lecture/Excursion: Environmental Development in Sinai
Lunch and Depart for Cairo – Dr. Samir Ghoneim, Head of Mari Culture Research Center, Suez Canal University
Arrive Cairo
Overnight Cairo
July 12
(Saturday)


7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 12:00
12:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 5:00
5:30 – 7:00

7:30 – 9:00




9:00

Breakfast*
Excursion: Museum of Islamic Art
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Lecture: Contemporary Egyptian Family Issues – Dr. Madiha El Safty, Professor of Sociology, (AUC)
Roundtable Discussion with Women Leaders –
Zeinab Shahin, Professor of Sociology (AUC),
Hoda el Saada, Professor of English Literature, Cairo university; and Dr. Heba Raouf, Muslim Women Intellectual
Evaluation #2
Dinner
Overnight Cairo

WEEK III

July 13
(Sunday)





7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 10:30



11:00- 12:30


12:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 5:30
6:00 – 7:00
Evening

Breakfast*
Lecture: System of Government in Egypt and Constitutional Amendments – Dr. Mohamed Kamal, Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
Lecture: The Egyptian Economy – Dr. Gouda Abed el Khalek, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Class meeting
Dinner
Overnight Cairo
July 14
(Monday)
7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 10:30

11:00- 12:30


12:30 – 1:00
1:00 – 2:00
2:00 – 5:00
5:00
Breakfast*
Lecture: U.S. – Egyptian Relations – Embassy Representative
Lecture: The U.S. in the Eyes of Egyptians – Dr. Abdul El Moneim El Mashaat, Professor of Political Science, Cairo Universiy
Check out of hotel
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Depart for Luxor via train
Dinner* and overnight on train
July 15
(Tuesday)
5:30 – 6:00
6:30
9:00 – 12:00
12:30 – 2:00
2:00 -6:00

Evening
Breakfast* on train
Arrive Luxor
Excursion: Luxor
Lunch*
Excursion: Temples of Karnak and Luxor
Dinner* and optional sound and light show at Temple of Karnak
Overnight Luxor
July 16
(Wednesday)
6:30 – 7:30
7:30 – 12:30

1:00 – 2:30
Afternoon
Evening
Breakfast*
Excursion: Valley of the Kings, Temple of Hatshepsut, Colossi of Memnon
Lunch*
Depart Luxor via boat
Dinner* and overnight on boat
July 17
(Thursday)
7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 11:00

12:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 4:00
6:00 – 7:00
Evening
Breakfast*
Excursion: Temple of Edfu
Lunch*
Excursion: Temple of Kom Ombo
Class Meeting
Dinner* and Overnight boat
July 18
(Friday)
7:30 – 8:30
8:00 – 12:00

12:30 – 2:00
3:00 – 5:30

Evening
Breakfast*
Excursion: Temple of Philae and High Dam
Lunch*
Excursion: Elephantine Island
Dinner and Overnight boat
July 19
(Saturday)
6:30 – 7:30
8:00 – 5:00

5:30
Breakfast*
Optional Excursion to Temple of Abu Simbel
Depart for Cairo.
Dinner* and overnight on train
Evaluation #3

Week IV


July 20
(Sunday)

6:00
7:00
9:00 – 12:00
12:30 –2:00
2:30 – 3:30
Evening
Breakfast* on train
Arrive Cairo. Check in hotel
Curriculum Development
Lunch
Class Meeting
Dinner and overnight Cairo
July 21
(Monday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 10:30



11:0 – 12:30


12:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 5:00
Evening
Breakfast*
Lecture: Egyptian Literature: A Post-colonial Reading of Contemporary Egyptian Literature – Dr. Areeg Ibrahim, Professor of Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University
Lecture: Freedom of Press and Media in Egypt in an open Skies Era – Mr. Hesham Kassem, Former Publisher of Al Masry Al Youm and Cairo Times newspapers
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Dinner and overnight in Cairo
July 22
(Tuesday)






7:30 – 8:30
9:00
3:00
Evening

Breakfast*
Depart for Alexandria by bus
Arrive Alexandria. Check in hotel
Dinner and overnight in Alexandria



July 23
(Wednesday)


7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 5:00
Evening


Breakfast*
Excursion: Historical Sites of Alexandria
Lunch
Excursion: Greco-Roman Museum
Dinner and overnight Alexandria
July 24
(Thursday)
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 5:30
6:00 – 7:00
Evening
Breakfast*
Excursion: Historical Sites of Alexandria Continued
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Class Meeting
Dinner and Overnight Alexandra
July 25
(Friday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 10:30


11:00 – 1:00

1:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 5:30
Evening
Breakfast*
Lecture: Alexandria: Revival of Bibliotheca Alexandria – Dr. Serag El Dean, Head, Biblioteca Alexandrina

Excursion: Alexandria Library

Lunch
Curriculum Development
Dinner and overnight Alexandria
July 26
(Saturday)

8:00 – 9:00
9:00
1:00
3:00
6:00 – 7:00

Evening
Breakfast*
Depart for Cairo
Lunch
Arrive Cairo
Class Meeting
Evaluation #4
Dinner and overnight Cairo

Week V

July 27
(Sunday)







8:00 – 9:00
9:00 –3:00
3:30 – 5:00

5:30 – 7:00


Evening

Breakfast*
Curriculum Development
Lecture: The Arab League – Mr. Hisham Youssef, Chief of Cabinet, Arab League
Lecture: Challenges to Development – Seheir Kansouh –Habib, Development Strategic Planner and Development Practitioner and Program Administrator
Dinner and overnight Cairo
July 28
(Monday)

7:30 – 8:30
9:00 – 10:30
11 – 1:00
1:00 – 4:00
Evening
Breakfast*
Class Meeting
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Dinner and overnight Cairo
July 29
(Tuesday)
8:00 – 9:00
9:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 1:00
1:30 – 4:30
Evening
Breakfast*
Class Meeting
Lunch
Curriculum Development
Thank you reception with Fulbright staff. Overnight Cairo

July 30
(Wednesday)

8:00 – 9:00
Rest of the day
Breakfast*
Prepare to leave Egypt
Evaluation #5
Depart for airport after dinner
July 31
(Thursday)
6:00 am

8:35 am
11:35 am
3:45 pm
6:25 pm
Check in for return flight to Denver BA #154
Lv Cairo
Arr Heathrow
Lv Heathrow via BA #21
Arrive to Colorado

*Indicates pre-paid group meals.





My plan is to use this blog as a place that everyone may go to view videos and pictures from my trip to Egypt.

Erik