News and Blogs

English Articles

"How Tech Can Fix Africa's Transportation Problems, AKFI Insider, October 24, 2016

"Where does Uber see itself in 5 years?", Mada Masr, March 9, 2016

"Nagla Rizk promotes innovative telecommunications solutions to raise the productivity and wellbeing of Egyptians", IDRC, March 6, 2016.

"Egyptain taxi drivers protest'unfair competition' from Uber", Al-Monitor, February 10, 2016.

"Egyptain Women of Power", Identity Magazine, Marwa Rakha, March, 2015.

"Indie stars challenge the mainstream scene in Egypt, MEE "Middle East Eye", July 23,  2014.

"Is education worthless without freedom of speech?", Morocco World News,June 2, 2014.

"Faking it: time to rethink intellectual property in developing countries?", The Guardian, October 29, 2013. 

"Egypte : coup d’Etat du 3 juillet ou processus révolutionnaire, LesEshos, July 17, 2013. 

AUC News Interview, July 11, 2013

Minister of Justice Denies Systematic Torture by Ministry of Interior, Egypt Independent, February 6, 2013

‘The Judge who Loved the Police’, The Arabist, February 6, 2013

‘Copy, right?’ Egypt Independent, June 21, 2012

‘Is the government trying to tap into the lucrative mobile phone industry?’ Egypt Independent, April 9, 2012

"Bread, Freedom, Social Justice: A Report From Egypt", HUFF Port, 28 November, 2011.

"Knowledge Access Blooms In The Desert: Egypt’s Fragile Stake In IP", Intellectual Property Watch (blog)-Feb 11, 2010. 

Law abiding citizens: Egyptians struggle to cope with police absence

Women's rights marchers in Cairo report sexual assaults by angry mob

Doha Debates hold first video link-up since revolution with students in Egypt

Doha Debates to ask Egyptians whether their country is ready for free elections

Doha Debates goes to Egypt for the first time

Doha Debates to hold session in Cairo

Qatar, Cairo varsity pupils in lively debate via video

Doha Debates links with Cairo students

Doha Debates links students of Qatar and Egypt through video

Arabnet Roadshow comes to AUC

On mapping and agency

Egyptian tourism faces uncertain future as protests continue

Global Voices

Chronicle of Higher Education on Doha Debates, Dec 8, 2010

AUC News on Yale visiting Scholarship, December 2010

Blog post: "Internet will Continue to Democratize Culture"

The Doha Debates release, Dec 7, 2010

Qatarqlick on the Doha Debates, Dec 7, 2010

Bikya Masr on Doha Debates, Dec 7, 2010

Gulf Times coverage of the Doha Debates December 7, 2010

The Peninsula coverage of the Doha Debates December 7, 2010

Zawya coverage of the Doha Debates, December 7, 2010

Doha Debates Announcement Dec 6, 2010

Gulf Times announcing the Doha Debates, December 6, 2010

Review by Wyatt Smith, Traveling Fellow at Vanderbilt University

Interview with Business Today March 2010

IP-Watch on A2K4D launch workshop

EL Masry Al Youm on A2K4D launch workshop

Biblioteca Alexandrina on A2K4D launch workshop

Yale’s 4th Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K4), Panel on Freedom to Innovate, Knowledge, Technology and Culture (ISP Blogpost)

Yale’s 4th Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K4), Panel on Freedom to Innovate, Knowledge, Technology and Culture (Line of Sight Blogpost)

Zawya on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

Al-Masry Al-Youm discussing the debate around intellectual property (IP) rights in Egypt.

Free Culture Research Workshop 2009, the three sessions were "Lessons from Practice" (moderated by Aaron Shaw), "Free Culture and the Marketplace" (moderated by James Grimmelmann), and "Free Culture in Society" (moderated by Nagla Rizk). (Pinang International BlogSpot).

Picture posted on Al-Masry Al-Youm covering the Internet Governance Forum.

IP-Watch on the Annual Internet Governance Forum.

Al-Masry Al-Youm on the 4th Internet Governance Forum.

DubaiCityGuide reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation announcing the session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

The inaugural week of AUC's New Cairo Campus. Panel discussion titled "Globalization and World Financial Markets."

Daily News Egypt reporting on Egypt’s advancement in Global Competitiveness.

Ideas in Development covering the framework of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session.

AUC Today introducing Dr. Nagla Rizk’s interest in Intellectual Property Rights.

Daily News Egypt commenting about the results of a study that shows Egypt’s 74th position in the global scale of happiness.

Review of the Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Conference papers. (BlogSpot)

Access to Knowledge conference at Yale Law School. (My Heart's In Accra BlogSpot).

iCommons.org’s study of the music industry in the Arab world.

iCommons.org reports the impact of Egypt’s copyright law on library access.

IP-Watch reports on the impact of Egypt’s copyright law on library access.

Reviews of the A2K conference. (if:book BlogSpot).

Arab Techies mentioning the book Access to Knowledge in Egypt: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development.

Yale Law School congratulates the publication of the book Access to Knowledge in Egypt: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development.

Arabic Articles

Uber signs agreement with "El-Taby"App to provide a free health care to drivers, Moheet, Feb 27, 2017

Study: Uber is one of the biggest contributors to economic opportunities in Egypt, Akhbar El Yourm, Feb 27, 2017

The Arab Republic of Saxonia, Al Masry Al Yawm, March 13, 2013

Ahram coverage of study on music industry Jan 2, 2011

Article by Dr. Nawal Saadawi on International Conference for Women in the 21st Century, Dec 22, 2010

Doha Debates coverage in Arabic Dec 6, 2010

Al Watan Newspaper on the Doha Debates, December 6, 2010

Review of A2K in Egypt book, Weghat Nasar, November 2010

A2K4D regional meeting on research on FOSS in the Arab world

Arab Techies reporting on Meeting of the Women Arab Techies in Beirut May 11-14, 2010.

Al-Riyadh newspaper reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenizationof knowledge?"

Portal of King Saud University reporting on Arab Knowledge Report, October 31, 2009

Dar Al Khaleej Press reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

Al-Taleem Al-Araby reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

AkhbarWay.com reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

Al Bayan Press reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

Arab Science and Technology Foundation reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

Elaph Publishing reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation announcing the session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

Al-Ghad newspaper reporting on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation’s session titled "Transfer or indigenization of knowledge?"

French Articles

Tunisie- TEDx Carthage: concepts d'importance majeure

Access Forum discussing the conference "Access to Knowledge."

Journal of Cairo University journalism French section.

Spanish Articles

Presentation of the Arab Knowledge Report in Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona.

Interview at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).