Three weeks ago, I was planning to attend an event at Cairo University which I barely visited a couple of times before but never got the chance to wander around and explore this historic place. I was late for it took me longer than I expected to get there so as I entered the gates, I started jogging across campus to reach the Central Library in which the event was held.
Honestly, I had a chance to make it on time if I were fast enough. The only problem is: I couldn’t help but look around and be amazed by the beauty and the enchanting architecture of the University. Everywhere smelled history!
I tried capturing a couple of photos yet in the end I had to rush to the library as I wasn’t sure they’d still let me in if I arrived any later than that. Yet, I promised myself some time to walk around campus when I was done.
Cairo University was the first public university in Egypt built in 1908 and was first named Fuad al-Awwal University after King Fuad who ruled Egypt in early twentieth century.
It’s one of the top ranked universities in Egypt and Africa and receives a number of 280,000 students every year. Cairo university has around 28 colleges and institutions and its main campus is in Giza.
It’s important to mention here that two Egyptian Nobel Prize Laureates graduated from Cairo University and those are Naguib Mahfouz, the great Egyptian Writer, and Muhammad al-Baradi who served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy agency. Professor Sir. Magdy Yacoub, the international Cardiothoracic Surgeon also graduated from Cairo University.
