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I I I COPY ' 'J)1t The A l"~ er icfln Unive rsity at Cairn is a "people to oool"'1e" '1r ~ rC' ~ . It vas El;t<'l l i s!n d on a p ri va t ,~ basis j1lst after Worl d T,lpr I 1 V a r ....... up of Amp" ica,lS vi t·h vision- - l'ho had a st1 '011[ helief in the " min£" imT"('rt anc of the .'1i dI e East . They pU J'c l":;: ~ c d a f (l!"'"' r .....'" I1" r .. w'drh ... .<1.[" beinr Of' rai ed as a ci r are c fe.e ory and '," r a n e lM s n i..n t t ,'t he fall of 1920 . The Univ(; r:oi t:v if; activrdy :i nt- cres t ed in t hp charact er of its s1 Ildc '1t ~ . It is e owi" r o2'd th.:tt 1"e 1) rion i s of cef".tl'al i r:r)ortance. for a sati sf,"'r' 0'" ~''''' ll · t:i ~n of ' 11":o.n aff.'.!ir s . It therefore s Ee ks to sharn 'Z ~ .'). '1(1 (\(,(>ne n r arh st, \cle..,t I n any rec iatiol'l of his o\-:n r elipiolls f r.. -" th irr Nl /?ht nn ~ y1 F:f" sh e s h1d,v of e t l1ics, comoarative relirion and ohi losonr ;,.,. It is the Uni\'F~ rsity l s aim to p'e cluate stude nts for "'hom tl"lc cllltivl'I.tion of t heir individual aor cOillllll.' nitv r eligious life is of vital cr n ~e rn . This in1 e rest i n chal'acter developrl(mt has paid rich divide nds amonr the 3600 o111lmni and former students who are maintaining t he hi ph st8'1r' l'). r ds e Yn8c1 ~ r1 of them . Today, they are pl ayinr i ,portn nt roles :, n the l'Alk'1iSS:l. rICe of the ?1i crlle East and are helpine, t o bring the o80pl e of this vitfl1 area into Ame r i ca 1s c i rcle of fr 5,ends . In a cl ~ition , it lUst be remembered that Cai ro is the c(, ntcr of the Arab \-'Orlel . 'lhrOllf"h its Division of Ext e nsion, the LJ niversity long h~s off- r ed eveni np courses for adults and an intellec1ually stimulati ng ser i e s of l ee u"'es f'ncl conc :! ts . Thus it €CO"les a pPirt of U 'e life of Ca ira and in a v -ry r eal se nse a distinpuished l eadf)T in Arab thought a nrl life . The Collepe af Arts and Sciences was the first unit of the University to be opened . It soon Has foll01'ed by the School of Or) e~ tal Studies, th~ Colle~e of Erlueatia n, a nd the Division of Ext ensic n. In 1928, the first wornnn enrolled at fo_.U. C' . and became 'the first"coecl"in ErYpt . In 1938 the depart ent of j Ol· r nali.sm ""as or r- a ni z~ d a '1~ f or more t han a necade i,t o1'f red the only such train~ nr i n t he "li rl<:11c East . The Soc:i.(l l research Center was opened in 1953, and in 1955 tho? vnrious a (jvt=l '1ced l"TOframs were f or nmlly orpanized i nto a graduate school off ~ r i nr 1hrFe di.fferent I1 .A. dr-.r1 es . As it obtai ns the re nNI ' ccs, the Unive :r-sit-, eX"{"l8cts to add advanced dec r ee nroyrams in areas thfl.t "'ill he f suecially helpful t~ the l'Iidc1l e East . hi .