The Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo (AUC) has named Ahmad S. Dallal as AUC’s 13th president, effective October 15, 2021. Dallal currently serves as dean of Georgetown University in Qatar and previously served as dean of the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 2009 to 2015. He has taught Islamic studies at AUB, Stanford University, Yale University, Smith College and Georgetown University, where he also served as chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies. “Throughout his administrative experience, Dallal led the introduction of several dozen university policies, including overseeing Title lX compliance on discriminatory harassment. He worked in his early career years with the aviation industry before earning a master’s and a doctorate in Islamic studies from Columbia University.

Source: Egypt Independent June 23, 2021 15:56 UTC