AHMED SEDDIK
Guide, Speaker, Translator, Teacher, Trainer, Storyteller, Writer, Editor, Researcher and Entrepreneur
ahmed.seddik@gmail.com
010-6768269
Lectures from 2006 to present
- Give a Pharaoh Five, a joint lecture with Bill Barazzuol
- The Divine Board, Pharaoh Amasis in Art and History, with Dr. Raymond Stock
- The
Battle - The Tale of Sinuhe, a Highly Informative Performative Narrative
- Music in Ancient Egypt, a joint lecture with Dr. Khairy ElMalt
- Behold How Howard Uncovered Tut
- A Night of Hieroglyphics
- Nefertiti
- View from a Mashrabiyya: the Architecture of History in the History of Architecture
- Feasting with the Pharaohs, Banqueting in Antiquity, with Bill Barazzuol
- The HelleNilotic Melting Pot
- Freezing Time: from Imhotep to Ahmed Zewail
- Gates of Glory and Façades of Fame
- Alexander: a King Akin to a God
- Eratosthenes, from
Cyrene - Pharaohs of Pharos
- The Roman Aroma
- A Crum of Cruelty
- A Taint of Atenism
- The Art of the State in the State of the Art
- The Hype in the Hypostyle
- The Tale of an Ancient Egyptian Expat
- Relief of Belief
- When in Doubt, Hieroglyph it Out
- Thieves from
Thebes - Relief Beyond Belief
- When Domes Dominate
- From Khaemwas to Zahi Hawass
- From Cubits to Units, a History of Measurement
- Emulate an Amulet
- Write Like an Egyptian & Hear it "From Pharaoh's Lips"
- Sobek, Biology and Myth, a joint lecture with Dr. Jeffrey Dean Miller
- Pinpointing Punt, a joint lecture with Nadia Mottalib
- Ramsiscape, a joint lecture with Dr. Ann Shafer
- From Haroun Al-Rashid to the Stone of Rashid
- Lemon, Biography of a Fruit
- Ahmed Shawqi with Howard Carter
- Ahmed Shawqi with Tutankhamon
- Albert Einstein, Father of the Atomic Age
- Powerpoint to Empower Your Point
- Digital Grammar
- Networking That Works
- Ahmed Shawqi in
France - How
Gibraltar Altered History - “Weaving the Web”
- Ahmed Shawqi, a Children’s Poet
- Umm Kulthum with Hafez Ibrahim and Ahmed Shawqi
- Ahmed Shawqi, the Bard of Wisdom
- Ahmed Shawqi, the Egyptologist Poet
- From Karma to Karama
- "Naguib Mahfouz as Imhotep and Manetho, a joint lecture with Dr. Raymond Stock
- Romance in the Land of the Pharaohs
- Ahmed Shawqi in
Philae - “Champollion: The Linguist and the Emperor”
- “100 Hieroglyphs: Think Like an Egyptian”
- Conquering the City of
Grammar - Law in Ancient
Egypt - Color in Ancient Egypt, a joint lecture with Dr. Gamal Lamie
- Ancient Egyptian Fauna
- Ancient Egyptian Flora
- Sailing in Ancient
Egypt - Naguib Mahfouz:
Reading - Imhotep, a Modern Mind in an Ancient Body
- The Story of Influenza
- The Two Doves
- What Is Light?
- Reshaping the Shipwrecked Sailor
- Making Zoser Closer to Eternity
- From Narmer to
Nasser - Isis and Osiris
- A Virtual Tour to the
Egyptian Museum - The Hieoglyphic Nature of Art
- Ancient Egyptian Proverbs
- Body Language in Ancient
Egypt - Sinuhe Insinuations
- The Art of Guiding
- Flood, Growth, Harvest
- The Tooth That Told the Truth
- Date Palm: Biography of a Tree
- Let Stone Set the Tone
- Ancient Egyptian Religion
- The Third Dynasty is a Charm
- Diplomacy in Ancient
Egypt - The Art of Translation
- Cleanliness in Ancient
Egypt - The Ancient Egyptian House
- Medicine in Ancient
Egypt - The Art of Public Speaking
- Etymological Stories
- Magic in Ancient
Egypt - Ancient Egyptian Architects
- Dying to Live
- The Art of Tutoring
- Lily: Biography of a Flower
- The Hoopoe or News from the Father of News
- Quarrying the Quarantine
- Health in Ancient
Egypt - Drama Drawn from Ancient
Egypt - Egyptian Mathematics
- Ancient Egyptian Technology
- Ancient Egyptian Palaces
- Women in Ancient
Egypt - The Queens of Ancient
Egypt - Ancient
Egypt - The Hyksos of Evil
- Kinship and Kingship
- The Hype Style of the Hypostyle
- The Plastic Bag of Antiquity
- Sport in Ancient
Egypt - For Whom the Sun Shines
- The Spirit in Ancient
Egypt - A Pause at the Paws of the Sphinx
- Stele: Bulletin Boards of Ancient
Egypt - The Bee in Ancient
Egypt - Money: From Bricks to Clicks
- Bread in Ancient
Egypt - Friendship and Marriage in Ancient
Egypt - Pensive Pencils
- Zoser: From Imhotep to Lauer
- An Abode Beyond the Boundaries of Death
- Sound in Ancient
Egypt - Google Your Life
- Ahmed Shawqi: the Poet of Faith
- The Locus of the Lost Lotus in Egyptian Art
- The KaRaVans of Ra
Egypt - From Sultan Barquq to King Tut
Saqqara Village - Cleanliness in Science, History and Art
- From Bab Zewaila to Bab Zewail
- When Nature Speaks, Art Listens
- Don't Worry, We Have a Quarry, to Tell the Story
- Sounding the Sands: Archeology Techniques
- The Fourth Dynasty: Builders with Boulders
- An Elapse Marking a Collapse
- Carter: Purse and Curse
- Strokes of Genius on Ostraca
- Camels Were Late Comers
- Symposium on the
Nile , with Barazzuol, Alshafie and Professor Leach - In the Museum of the Atom
- The Story of Garbage
- Chorus with Horus
- The Mother in Ancient
Egypt - Nursing the Curse
- Knowledge: a Boon from the Baboon
- From Adoring the Sun to a Door in the Sun
- Mirroring Mereruka’s
Meridian - Wheel in, Camel out
- Petrie: Inch by Inch
- Ancient Egyptian Games
- From the Nave to the Cave
- Making Fayoum Bloom
- Restoring the Cosmic Chasm
- The Rise of Monasticism
- Ahmed Shawqi: from the Poet of the Prince to the Prince of Poets
- The
Egyptian Temple Karnak : a Hub for Hubris- Tut: an Heir to an Era of Air
- The Ottoman Style: More Flash for Less Cash
- Lured by the Lucre
- Museums: Creation and Curation
- The Narcotic Nilotic Lotus
-
Egypt - The Double Helix: The Inspiring Spiral
- Wade in Wood, Hopes on Ropes
- Ahmed Shawqi in School
- The ABC of Electricity
- Ibn Al-haytham: the Father of Optics
- The Story of Numbers
- Your Wasta to Waset
- The Boy King Wanted His Plaything
- How Laser Works
- Anatomy of an Atom
- The Trial of a Triad
- The Library of Alexandria
- Let the Fable Come to the Table
- A Tale of Two Pyramids
- Schistosomiasis and an Unparalleled Site of a Parasite, a joint lecture with Bill Barazzuol
Lecture Series Given:
1.Egyptolgoy Series
2.Go Digital, You’ll Go Far!
3.Ahmed Shawqi
4.Ahmed Zewail Series for popularizing science
Ahmed Seddik spoke before:
The American University in Cairo
The Egyptology Society
The Egyptology Academy
The Desert Development Center
The Sawy Culturewheel
The Seton Hall Law School - Cairo
Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Marketplace
SOC 299: invited by Dr. Emad El-Din Aysha
Students from Ulsan University in Korea
Performing and Visual Arts
The British International School
Course: ARIC-315: ARABIC DRAMA (invited by Dr. Birairi M)
CLASSICAL PURSUITS INC.
The House of the Poet in Al-Muez Street in the Palace City of Cairo
Taught classes while he was still in Primary School
Acted in the following plays:
1-Howared Carter
2-The Dream Stela
3-Khufu and the Magicians
4-Harkhuf
5-The Shipwrecked Sailor
6-A Ghost Story
Media Coverage:
Ahram Weekly
Ahram Daily
Community Times
Interviews Given:
Interviewed by these individuals or organizations from 2005 to present:
BBC TV - Tessa Dunlop (www.tessadunlop.com)
CNN - Dan Lothian: Reaction to President Obama's speech
History Channel: Chasing Mummies: The Amazing Adventures of Zahi Hawass
Mentorn TV: An Idiot Abroad, Directed by Christian Watt
Egyptian TV: Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Nile TV, OTV
The Last Millionaire, BBC
Corriere della Sera Newspaper by Viviana Mazza
Youth and Sports Radio, Sailing on the Banks of Time
European Program (95.4)
Appeared in “Spell from the East” documentary.
Daily Star - Sara O. Wali: Egyptologists debate Pharaohs’ names
Daily Star - Nader Ramadan: Sham El-Nessim is a lot more than coloring eggs
Daily Star - Annelle Sheline: Gates of Glory and Facades of Fame
Al-Ahram Weekly - Amira El-Naqeeb: In the Realm of History
AUC Dimensions
AUC Caravan – Personal Biography by Arwa Ibrahim
IslamOnline, Noha Mohsen
Too Long to be True, Hala Hashim for A-U-C news
Translating
Contract with Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (http://www.mcit.gov.eg/) to translate into Arabic a book by Kent R. Weeks entitled The illustrated guide to Luxor May 17, 2009 .
How to Read the "Egyptian Book of the Dead” by Barry J. Kemp
Translated for the organizations or individuals from 2003 to present:
Time Magazine (2005 - present), most recently with Ayman Nour on his release
The American University in Cairo
Egyptian Exploration Society
Oxfam International
Seton Hall Law Program
Rosalyoussef Magazine
American Embassy
Vodafone
Global LT
El Sawy Culturewheel
Xendex Entertainment
World-Check
Jerry Leach
Ayman Nour, Egyptian Presidential Candidate
Raymond Stock
Peter Blauner, Novelist
Bill Barazzuol
Documentaries Translated:
Saved by the Sun (www.pbs.org)
Connecting Delta Cities
Six Degrees Could Change the World (National Geographic Channel)
Earth Report: State of the Planet 2009]
Games Translated:
1-Deep Space
2-4 In A Wheel
3-Kingo Kongo
4-Little Firefighter
5-KungFu Academy
6-Treasures of Montezuma
7-3Cups
8-CardOmen
9-Pyro
10-Digiwallet
11-Ticker
12-Tower defense
13-Café Spades
14-Ludo and Friends
15-BRAVEHEART - The Official Mobile Game
16-Chocolate Shop Frenzy
17-Catan - The First Island
18-Tony Hawk's Project 8
19-Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
20-The Witcher – Crimson Trail
21-Shifters
22-Ingenious
23-Oban Star Racers
24-Zum-zum
25-Crash Arena
26-HappyNeuron
27-Aces of the Luftwaffe
28-Felix2
29-Carnival Games 12-Pack
30-Arena of Doom
31-Zalastar
32-Guns, Wheels & Madheads 2
33-SpongeBob: Paparazzi Parade
34-Expense Tracker
35-Stone Age Vengeance
36-Penguins
37-Extreme Air Snowboarding
38-Santa’s Tower Bloxx
39-Crazy Penguin Catapult
40-Christmas Toyland
41-The Penguin Menace reloaded
42-My Model Train 2 - Winter Edition
43-Santa Claus Express
44-Ali The Penguin
45-X-Mas Puzzle
46-V-penguins
47-Smile Lines: Winter Season
48-Ski Jumping Platinum 2008
49-Alpine Challenge 2
50-Christmas Mystery
51-Pictoplay Plus
52-Comic Blast
Articles Translated:
The Plight of Egyptian Bahá’ís
Nuclear Weapons
Translation of chapters from Tārīkh al-ustādh al-Imām al-Shaykh Muhammad Abduh by Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā
Christian Zionism and its Religious Influence in American Politics
Nano Song
Books Translated
Case Studies in Clinical Surgery
The Illustrated Guide to Luxor and the Valley of the Kings by Dr. Kent R. Weeks
Named Tours
-Gates of Glory and Facades of Fame
-Let Stone Set the Tone
-Making El Fayoum Bloom
-An Idyllic Tour of Gezirit el-Dahab, the Gold Island
-In the Footsteps of the Pharaohs of Pharos,
Guided Tour of Alexandria
-From the Nave to the Cave, Tour of Coptic Cairo , the Babylon of Egypt
Specialized Tours
The City of the Zabbaleen
Hydrologic Tour of the Nile Delta
Tours
Led about 100 tour groups from 2004 to present:
Seton Hall Law Program, Faculty and Students
The American University in Cairo
American Embassy
Time Magazine, Chief of the Middle East Bureau
AUC Faculty and Students
British Engineering Institutions - Egypt
Alexandria School of Theology (http://www.ast-eg.org/)
Dr. and Ms. William Vocke of Carnegie Endowment
Dr. George P. Fletcher of Columbia
Dr. Bernard Freaman of Seton Hall
James K. Galbraith
James Balfour of Oxfam
Peter Blauner, Novelist (http://www.peterblauner.com/)
Dr. Jerry W. Leach
US Consul-General Roberto Powers
Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths, former British minister
Dr. Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science
Dr. Victor G. Vogel, Director of the Cancer Institute
Stanley F. Buchthal, an entrepreneur and producer
John Bohannon, Science Magazine Correspondent
“The City of the Dead "Informal Settlements and Development Strategies
Middle East Studies Program, the Council of Christian Colleges
Ian Davison, Managing Director of Earthmoves Ltd
Julia E. Marshall, Editor for the Oxford
Rudy Wenk, Professor of Geology, University of California
University of Minnesota
Leiden University
Penguin Group
Judge Mary Davis
Dr. Richard D. Lewis, author of When Cultures Collide
University of South Alabama
San Francisco State University
University of Memphis
University of California, Berkeley
Temple University
The College of William & Mary
League of Arab States
United Nations
Helwan University
Cairo University
University of Massachusetts Boston
American International School in Egypt
Florida State University
University of Greenwich
University of Sydney
Western Michigan University
Northwestern University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Arkansas
HSBC
Egypt Air Horus Magazine
University of Toronto
London School of Economics
University of Kentucky
United World College of the Atlantic
Rolex
Syracuse University
The University of Palermo
Nalco Company
Seattle Pacific University
Ahmed Seddik has teamed with the following distinguished scholars during his tours and lectures:
Dr. Raymond Stock, Naguib Mahfouz Biographer
Dr. Bernard Freamon, Director of the Law School 's Program for the Study of Law in the Middle East
Dr. Jeffrey Dean Miller, Biologist
Dr. Khairy ElMalt, Director of the Institute of Pharaonic Music
Dr. Ann Shafer, Director of the Art Program
Dr. Gamal Lamie, Professor of Visual Art at the American University
Bill Barazzuol, Vice President of the Egyptology
Mahmoud El Halwagy, Chief Curator, Cairo Museum
Costanza la Mantia, PhD in Urban and Regional Planning
Ahmed Seddik has been introduced by:
Dr. Raymond Stock, Naguib Mahfouz Biographer
Dr. Bernard Freamon, Director of the Law School 's Program for the Study of Law in the Middle East
Dr. Jerry Leach, Director of the American Studies Center
Bill Barazzuol, Vice President of the Egyptology
Sawy, Founder of Sawy Culturewheel
Frequently Given Tours
Pyramids
Coptic Cairo
Islamic Cairo
El-Fayoum
Tutoring and Teaching
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Bernard Freamon, Director of the Seton Hall Program for the Study of Law
Ann Shafer, Art Program Director at AUC
Roland Bunge, General Manager of American Express
Floridalma Franco Paiz, Guatemala 's ambassador to Egypt
George P. Fletcher. Cardozo Professor at Columbia Law School
Marc Sperling, General Manager of Mercedes Benz in Egypt
Charlotte Madsen, Director of Global Operations at Vodafone
Patrick Fitzpatrick, General Manager of Egypt Today - The Magazine of Egypt
Tutored several hundred AUC students in Arabic
Tutored a number of AUC students in English
Tutored American students for GRE exams
Tutored a few high school students
Tutored PowerPoint
Tutored Math
Tutored one of his high school teachers in Classic Arabic
Storytelling
Hosted by Noreen Karam, director of housekeeping at Four Seasons
Research
Volunteered in the AUC library to help make its catalogue conform with the Library of Congress.
Participated in a survey for the flora and fauna of AUC’s New Campus Site, under AUC biology professor Dr. Carey Dustin
Assisted Dr. Bernard K. Freeman of Seton Hall
Assisted Dr. Ernest Wolf-Gazo in giving lectures on philosophy and art
Assisted Dr. Jerry W. Leach in preparation of PowerPoint on Global Warming
Assisted Dr. Chahinda Karim
Introduced Dr. Zahi Hawass when he spoke at Ewart Memorial Hall on 18th April, 2007 on “Recent Discoveries in Egyptology”
Introduced Khairy El Malt of the Institute of Pharaonic Music
the CultureWheel in 2008 on “Ancient Egyptian Music.”
Speechwriting
Introduced:
John T. Swanson (3 times),
Melinda K. Hartwig,
Raymond Stock, a plethora of times
Lisa Sabbahy,
Greg Deyoung,
Michael Hebert,
Mark Werner,
Ann Shafer,
Ernest Wolf Gazo,
Salima Ikram,
Jerry W. Leach,
Ryan Derby-Talbot,
Brian Lucena,
Richard Charles Hoath,
Sheldon Watts,
Farouk El-Baz (http://faroukelbaz.com)
William Evenhouse (www.thefolksinger.com)
Yacoub Atrash, musician
Introduced the following documentaries:
The Eloquent Peasant
The Night of Counting the Years
Arbitration in the Sawy’s Reading Competition
Trained Tour Guides
Language Exchange
Writing
Egyptology in the Making, City Magazine
Published a poem on Queen Hatshepsut in Dimensions
Published a poem on Queen Nefertiti, broadcast on the General Program (107.4)
Published a poetic essay on Imhotep in Youm 7, an Egyptian newspaper
Speak Out (BARQIYYA, Volume 4, Issue 1 October 2001, The American University in Cairo
Marsa Alam, short story
Kadesh, a poem
Thoth, an essay
Your Visa to Giza
-Interviewed Dr. Hussein Madkour, vice-president for the Authority of State Suits, to produce a brief biography of his father, Dr. Muhammed AbdelFattah Sallam Madkour, a prolific author and professor of Islamic Sharia at Cairo University
-Interviewed the renowned Egyptologist Barry J. Kemp
- Interviewed Stanley
Seddik is currently translating into English a novel by Ahmed Shawqi
Ahmed Seddik is a member of the digerati:
maintains Arabic and English blogs:
http://seddikism.blogspot.com/
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, XING, Ecademy, InterNations …
Book review:
Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize by Ahmed H. Zewail
Professional Memberships:
The American Research Center in Egypt
The Egypt
Sawy Radio Council of Advisors
Positions:
Current President of the Egyptology Academy
Former President of the Egyptology Society
Former President of the Mathematics Society
Awards and Accolades
Presidential Scholarship from the Scholar Ship
Outstanding Leadership Award
Acknowledgements
By Dr. Raymond Stock in Dreams of Departure
Sponsorships
Cairo Science Festival (http://www.cairosciencefestival.org)
References
Dr. Andrew Main, formerly AUC Biology
Dr. John T. Swanson, Director of the Core Curriculum
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Supreme Council of Antiquities
Dr. Jerry W. Leach, Director of American Studies Center
Scott MacLeod, Middle East bureau chief for TIME Magazine
Dr. Chahinda Karim, Professor of Islamic Art at the American University in Cairo
Dr. Nicholas Hopkins, former HUSS Dean
Dr. Jeffrey Miller, formerly AUC Biology
Dr. Ralph Berenger, American University
Mr. Bill Barazzuol of American International School
Ms. Aryn Baker of Time Magazine's bureau chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan
Dr. Bernard Freamon, Director of the Law School 's Program for the Study of Law in the Middle East
Mr. John Solomon of the Government of Singapore
Mr. John Philip Lochner, Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard
Ms. Nancy Hagan
Mr. Donald Peter Lambe, English teacher for Saudi National Guard
Dr. Greg Deyoung
Dr. Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science
Dr. Raymond Stock, Naguib Mahfouz Biographer
Nigel J. Hetherington, the owner & founder of Past Preservers
Robert Lee Jones, Professor of Photography and Visual Communication
Christopher McLaverty
Hobbies
1-Horseback Riding
2-Running
3-Rock Climbing
4-Biking
5-Sailing
6-Walking
Birth and Education
Ahmed Seddik was born on February 25, 1980 and received his Egyptology training at the American University in Cairo
Work in Progress
Book: the Art of Guiding, the Guide of All Guides
Article: Islam and the Environment, co-authored with Professor Jerry Leach
Audio Books of Ahmed Shawqi, Naguib Mahfouz and Arabic Teaching
Book: the Art of Guiding
Translating: The Eleventh Hour
Translating into Arabic: How to Read the "Egyptian Book of the Dead” by Professor Barry J. Kemp
Inventions
Seddikisms
Future Plans
Launching the Ahmed Seddik Scholarship for Studying Translation at AUC
Arabic Grammar Debate
Titles:
Arabic’s Leading Ambassador to the English Speaking World
The Curator of the Lexicographic Museum
The Wizard of Ancient Egypt
Zahi Hawass Junior
Ahmed Zewail Junior
King of Guides
King of Words
Lectures attended:
1-THE FAYUM HERITAGE CONSORTIUM by WILLEKE WENDRICH
2-ZONES OF TRANSITION by MICHAEL JONES
3-EES Explores Nubia: A Million Years of Archaeology
4-CONFERENCE ON HUMAN REMAINS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
5- AKHENATEN'S PALACES AT AMARNA by PROFESSOR BARRY KEMP
6-Google Day
7-Einstein Symposium, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
