Yesterday's explosion in the East Village attracted dozens of journalists, and civilians acting like them. It a reflection of the age we live in.  Still, there were a lot of professionals earning their paychecks. We talked to photographers and journalists who were on the scene after the fire. 

Collective Reporters/Producers: Alex Kane, Nadeen Shaker, Ellie Miao, Ben Shapiro

Who is at the East Village fire scene?

This I believe in the New Egypt: I believe in finishing the struggle

Din and Dabble: Visit AUC's Physics workshop

This is an excerpt from the book: "Khirbet Khizeh," by S. Yizhar. It is the precise moment when Yizhar, as a young Israeli soldier, realizes that he, amongst his friends whom he talks with and his commander, are expelling Palestinians from their homes, and destroying their villages. He then revert back to the the group's mentality by deciding to remain silent and 'argue with himself,' since his comrades could not see the brutality of their acts.

Palestinian exile through Israeli eyes

Featuring Amira Gabr, AUC graduate.
Music from the movie August Rush 

AUC's discursive Atlas Promo

The Rundown by Shereen, Nadeen &Heba

AUC's Discursive Atlas Feature

The dictionary definition of an atlas is a book of maps and charts. In this audio documentary, this reporter attempts to explore another type of atlas: that in the minds and memories of people in the community of The American University in Cairo (AUC) which experienced both the old campus in downtown, Tahrir and the new campus in New Cairo. Though the experiences may be discordant at first, in the areas of emotional attachment to the campuses, food, and study experience, a common thread ultimately bridges the campuses. It is not entirely the students, or the January 25 revolution that makes this bridge, but the AUC community itself which refuses to let go of the old campus, and pushes to see the characters of both campuses develop concurrently.

Though spatial relations are touched upon in the documentary i.e. the character of downtown, social spaces in both campuses...etc., they are not the documentary’s main focus, hence the title: “A Discursive Atlas of the Old and New AUC Campuses,” which explores the atlas through people’s discourses.

Special thanks to Professor of Arabic Studies Samia Mehrez, AUC Graduate Student Amira Gabr, AUC Senior Ahmed Shaheen, and AUC senior and former Editor-in-Chief Lara El-Gibaly for lending their voice to this documentary. 
The songs used in this documentary are: 
•	Of the Mountains by Dan Deacon 
•	Qarar Izala and Blue Hair by El Dor El Awel
•	Supermassive Black Hole by Muse
•	Sot El Hurreya by Wust El Balad 
•	Charlie Chaplin’s City lights, boxing scene  


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