August 8, 2004
Today we took the metro downtown to my new workplace,
the American University in Cairo. It's about a 20 minute ride on
the train from Maadi and the metro station is right at the university.
The university is in the center of the city, but the main campus is a
city block that is a quiet shielded oasis from the noise and bustle of the city.
There are two other nearby blocks of buildings, including the library and
the new Falaki center which houses the Computer Science department and my
office. My office is very nice, on the seventh floor with a view of the city
and a desktop and notebook computer ready to use. My class rooms are in the
same building, along with various computer labs. AUC is very much a class act,
having arranged all the details from our arrival at the airport to ushering us
around today to get IDs and keys to my office. It's nice to feel so welcomed.
Interior quad of the AUC library complex.
