On this episode of The Rundown, host Nada Mostafa and producers Dania Akkawi and Heba Abdel Wahab are discussing the latest in science and technology.

MIT’s latest research on robots, Facebook using artificial intelligence to understand memes and Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ debate. 

For the interview segment, Mostafa interviewed Ahmed Rafea, the chair of department of computer science to learn more about the details of artificial intelligence and its ethics too. 

In our remote interview segment, we've also spoken to Abdullah Tariq from the Institute of Business Management in Pakistan on how technology is doing over there. 

Credits:
Music: Sleepless Nights by Anitek
Image: Dania Akkawi 

Professor Nageh Allam http://schools.aucegypt.edu/fac/Profiles/Pages/AhmedRafea.aspx

News gathered from: 

Wired: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-awake-120918

BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45484300

And finally, MIT’s research on robots from CNN: https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/10/technology/mit-robot-picks-up-objects/index.html

Host: Nada Mostafa 
Producer 1: Dania Akkawi 
@ Dania Akkawi 
Producer 2: Heba AbdelWahab 
@ Heba Abdel Wahab

Date: September 16,2018

The Rundown Group 2: Science and Technology, Episode 1

Sounds inside and around the Abdul Latif Jameel building at The American University in Cairo (AUC), commonly known as BEC: 

0:00 - 0:07: Students and staff chatting on the 1st floor 
0:07 - 0:12: Students talking by the building's entrance from the bus gate
0:12 - 0:19: Plaza level classroom noise 
0:19 - 0:26: Students talking and laughing loudly by the main staircase during assembly hour 
0:26 - 0:33: Various people talking at the Mass Communication Department hallway 
0:33 - 0:40: Workers cleaning with a mop by the elevator and bathroom on the plaza floor 

My partner, Shahd Khalil, and I used our phones to record these Nat sounds throughout the day at the Jameel building. 

Photo Credit: Dania Akkawi

BEC: Jameel Building at AUC

On this episode of The Rundown, host Dania Akkawi and producers Nada Mostafa and Heba Abdel Wahab are discussing the latest in science and technology.

Newly released iPhones were dissected and revealed to have chips from Intel and Toshiba.

State-backed hackers are still targeting the Gmail of US senators. 

Siemens signs a contract to run 3 massive power plants in Egypt to help power electricity in various parts of the city. 

For the interview segment, Akkawi interviewed Sherif El Kassas, a professor from Computer Science and Engineering department at the American university in Cairo (AUC), to learn more about hacking and internet safety.

For our ‘Another view’ segment, host Dania Akkawi interviewed Ana Julia De Oliveira from Middlesex University Dubai branch in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the use of technology in PR and marketing in the UAE.  

Credits:
Music: Sleepless Nights by Anitek www.jamendo.com/album/93869/the-substance-affair
Image: Dania Akkawi
Professor Sherif El-Kassas https://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/sherifel-kassas

News gathered from:

1- AP NEWS:
https://www.apnews.com/bfeedaeedbe9473eacd6ee20d06e832d/State-backed-hackers-target-Gmail-of-US-senators,-aides 

2- Egypt Independent:
https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-signs-contract-with-siemens-to-run-three-giant-power-plants/ 

3- Reuters: 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphones-teardown/dissected-new-iphones-reveal-intel-micron-toshiba-parts-idUSKCN1M11NS 

Host:  Dania Akkawi 
@user-780341295
Producer 1: Nada Mostafa
@nadamostafa1
Producer 2: Heba Abdel Wahab
@heba-sami547542822

Release date:
30 September 2018

The Rundown Group 2: Science and Technology, Episode 3

This is the Nat Sound Essay project for the JRMC 4460 Audio Production course at The American University of Cairo (AUC) taught by Professor Kim Fox with Hanady Omran as the teaching assistant. 

Produced by: Dania Akkawi

Transcript:

It’s 8 am and there is no one in the building yet except for the cleaners mopping the floor. Do I take the stairs or just accept being the lazy person I know I am? Elevator it is. 
Nat Sound:  Workers cleaning with a mop by the elevator 

As a Journalism student, I spend most of my time in the Abdul Latif Jameel building, more commonly known as BEC, because that’s where the student-run newspaper, The Caravan newsroom is. But I have never really focused on what goes on outside the newsroom.

As I expected, it’s almost October and the first round of midterms is about to be upon us. It’s that time of the semester when students actually use a professor’s office hours. Walking through the department’s hallway, I even find students, professors and staff in the corridors. 
Nat Sound: Various people talking at the Mass Communication department. 

It’s 11: 25 am and we all have 5 minutes to get to class. Between the department offices and Center for Television and Journalism, you’ll find a connecting entrance from the bus gate into the Jameel building. Students often use this shortcut when running late to classes. Trust me. I would know. 
Nat Sound: Students saying bye to each other by the building’s entrance from bus gate.

Unfortunately for BEC students, if you are not by the bus gate and you’re running late, you’ll have to run up the main staircase. Warning: it’s almost always noisy and crowded, especially at midday. You’ll have a headache by the time you even get to class. 
Nat Sound: Students talking and laughing loudly by the main staircase during assembly hour. 

But your headache may somewhat get better when you are on the 1st floor a few minutes before class. 
Nat Sound: Footsteps and a few people talking on the 1st floor. 

That is, if you’re on the 1st floor. The ground level, more commonly known as plaza level classes, well, the noise doesn’t stop there. 

Since everything in BEC is fast, you don’t have time to think about your headache now, it’s 2 pm, you are late and attendance is about to be taken. 
Nat Sound: Class room sounds

Device Used in Recording: iPhone 6

Photo Credits: Dania Akkawi

Release Date: 30 September 2018

AUC's Jameel Building: Noisy (Except at 8 am)

On this episode of the Rundown, host Dania Akkawi and producers Nada Mostafa and Heba Abdel Wahab are discussing the latest in Art and entertainment.

Duchess Meghan expecting royal baby next spring, Piers Morgan mocks Daniel Craig for using a baby carrier to hold his child, and Actor Mohamed Henedy visits The American University in Cairo (AUC) to talk about the 20th anniversary of the movie ‘Se’edy fel Gama’a Al Amerikeya’.

For the interview segment, Dania Akkawi interviewed Professor Gretchen McCullough from the department of Rhetoric and Composition at AUC on what it takes to be an author.

For the “AUC Question of the Day" segment, producers Nada Mostafa and Heba Abdel Wahab hit the AUC campus to ask students about whether they prefer Turab al Mas as a book or a movie and why?

News gathered from:

BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45861683

BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45873664

WhatsUpCairo:
http://whatsupcairo.cairowestmag.com/events/henedy-at-auc-hall-of-fame/

Credits:
Music: Sleepless Nights by Anitek www.jamendo.com/album/93869/the-substance-affair

Image: Heba AbdelWahab

Professor Gretchen McCullough https://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/gretchenmccullough 

Host: Dania Akkawi 
@user-780341295
Producer 1: Nada Mostafa
@nadamostafa1
Producer 2: Heba Abdel Wahab
@heba-sami547542822

The Rundown Group 2: Arts And Entertainment, Episode 6

Hey there!

My name is Dania Akkawi and I am a Multimedia Journalism student at The American University in Cairo (AUC). I am also doing a minor in International Relations. You'll get to know how happy I am about my politics classes if you give this a listen.

This project is for my JRMC 4460: Audio Production class. The course is taught by Professor Kim Fox and Hanady Omran is the teaching assistant.

In this project, we document a day in our life on and off campus. Tune in to listen to what's like being a journalism student at AUC. I personally spend most of my time at The Caravan newsroom, our student-run newspaper.

Spoiler Alert: I almost never leave that newsroom.

It's my third year at university so the good news is that all of this is almost over, right?

Transcript: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sNokYmRTSKewX_HNHwqOej8n_QrobZ5iooQ8yE7EDXc/edit?usp=sharing

Link to DAR: http://dar.aucegypt.edu/handle/10526/5544

Photo Caption: One of our many editorial meetings at the newsroom 
Photo Credits: Pakinam ElGohary

All NAT Sound was recorded using an iPhone 6
All narration was recorded using a Zoom H5 Recorder

Reporting From Inside the Journalism Department

This is an interview with my cousin, Nadia Khalifa. She is a lot like me and that is probably because we were both brought up in the same house that has been around since 1927. Unfortunately, that house won't be around forever. 

This interview project is part of my JRMC 4460: Audio Production course and is also part of a bigger, upcoming project called the Audio Feature so stay tuned!

The course is taught by Professor Kim Fox and Hanady Omran is the teaching assistant. 

Link to Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13sMI21HSydQySRwx9ua6A2DWYj1Om3vtsbQzTzldOHY/edit?usp=sharing

Photo Credits: Nadia Khalifa

Some Yoghurt, the Piano and a Dark Basement

This Audio Feature is a documentation of my home, built in 1927, in Zamalek, Cairo. The voices of the people you will hear are either currently living here or have lived here before. 

Some of the stories can be funny and some are a little upsetting. Regardless, this Audio Feature will let the listeners move within the spaces of the house. 

Special thanks to my mom (Mervat Salem), my cousin  (Nadia Khalifa), our neighbor (Thomas Hartwell) and my lovely grandmother (Faiza Abdeen), for their thoughts on the family home.

This audio feature was produced for the Audio Production course at the American University in Cairo taught by Professor Kim Fox in the fall semester of 2018.

Link to the Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hCv00iXC8swfP1SLv_Xwo2RUNvbs2JQy1LPrcUuWAag/edit?usp=sharing

Music is by Sawsquarenoise from Free Music Archive. Here is the link to their website: 
freemusicarchive.org/genre/piano/

All NAT Sound was collected and is owned by me except the ticking clock. The ticking clock was taken from the following website:
www.soundeffectsplus.com/product/clock-ticking-03/

Link to the Ahram article with some background information on the tragic earthquake that killed over 500 people in Egypt:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1/133889/Egypt/magnitude-earthquake-felt-in-Egypt--official.aspx

Link to DAR:  http://dar.aucegypt.edu/handle/10526/5577


Photo Credit: My mom gave me this photo
Photo Location: Front door staircase (A lot of my reflections on life take place here.)

Before it's Gone

This Audio Feature is a documentation of my home, built in 1927, in Zamalek, Cairo. The voices of the people you will hear are either currently living here or have lived here before.

Some of the stories can be funny and some are a little upsetting. Regardless, this Audio Feature will let the listeners move within the spaces of the house.

Special thanks to my mom (Mervat Salem), my cousin (Nadia Khalifa), our neighbor (Thomas Hartwell) and my lovely grandmother (Faiza Abdeen), for their thoughts on the family home.

This audio feature was produced for the Audio Production course at the American University in Cairo taught by Professor Kim Fox in the fall semester of 2018.

Link to the Script: docs.google.com/document/d/1hCv00…/edit?usp=sharing

Music is by Sawsquarenoise from Free Music Archive. Here is the link to their website: 
freemusicarchive.org/genre/piano/

All NAT Sound was collected and is owned by me except the ticking clock. The ticking clock was taken from the following website:
www.soundeffectsplus.com/product/clock-ticking-03/

Link to the Ahram article with some background information on the tragic earthquake that killed over 500 people in Egypt:
english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/1…-official.aspx

Photo Credit: My mom gave me this photo
Photo Location: Front door staircase (A lot of my reflections on life take place here.)