CAIRO: American University in Cairo (AUC) students had expected to be the Gaza Strip during the Islamic holiday of Eid el-Adha, but instead were contemplating a sit-in protest after the Egyptian foreign ministry said they would not be allowed to cross the Rafah Border Crossing to deliver their humanitarian aid and witness the ongoing situation [...]

CAIRO: This summer I participated in a summer Arabic program through the US State Department in Amman, Jordan. While I was there, my education on Palestine and the conflict increased tenfold through the many displaced Palestinians I met there. A few of my colleagues and I at the end of the trip decided to take [...]