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, I I - 5- To th! UniiG.,ed Arab Republic and the }lliddle E4S~: The existence of th American University at Cairo ia evi­dence of its intention to be ot service to the lrliddle Basto The institution is oriented to th~ intere8t~f the Arab peopleo Its primary goal is to train students towarda a positive identification with their own society and to educate them to live in and serve that society 0 Its .taft members, both Middle Eastern and Western, naturally reflect this inclination, and work as concerned friends o The forty years of life of the University bear witness to its basic orientationo I t . program has never been insensitive to area influences ,and conceptso Program suggestions are and have been welcome from any source and have always been given careful considerationo While the University is American in origin and ownership, it reaches out to the world from Egypt~ not America» and therefore roots its curriculum in Egypto The traditions of Egypt and the Middle East are so woven into the Uni­versity life that all foreigners coming to contact with it are instructed in thes! values and represent them upon their return to life in their home countries 0 The University attempts to mirror the best of the l>liddle East, and the best of Americao It is a quiet reminder that the great cultures of the world speak and"listen -to each other 0 , / I The University seryes by teaching students from the, M1~dle East, who comprise eighty percent of its student bodyo TeachingJis based on the convict~ons.tha~ · al1 persons want to know about th~ir world, their neighbors and themselves, and that such knowledge ~ay lead to better Ilife for botH individuals and societyo J " I The University serves by engaging in research about te Middle Basta Continuous research is necessary both to shed 1i t upon the past and to discover additional insightz inte tOdaylS f problems of livinga In these ways knowledge ic advancedo " . ~ .... ' "- ~ , . The Vniversity serves by becoming an intellectual meeting ground 0 Students and teachers (in t~e non-credit adult program as we11 as in the degree prograD~) stimulate and help each other in the things of the mind 0 The international character of the University a , with some thi~ty natiOns usually represented in the atudent body and ten in the teaching staff, leads to an exchange of concept&~ con-. cerns and convictions that helps Middle Eastern students live in the modern world,and helps Western students and staff to be~cme more aware of the wider worldo The University serves by meeting selected community needso Through the contributions of individual faculty members 'serving on non-University committees and teaching i~ other institutions" as well as through leotures$ forums g musical and dramatic events and through' publications~ the University extends its influence beyond the confine. of its campus into the community, keeping its identity 8e a uni­versity but dealing on a non-credit basis with broade~ cultural programs