AHMED SEDDIK
Tour Guide and
Media Producer
www.ahmedseddik.com
ahmed.seddik@gmail.com
0100 67 68 2 69
Interviews Given:
Interviewed
by:
Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent,
in the Egyptian Museum
http://abcnews.go.com/International/video/back-beginning-christiane-amanpour-moses-pharaoh-pharaoh-exodus-18086799
Wolf Blitzer, CNN's Lead Political Anchor, about
Cairo Graffiti
James
Reynolds: Egypt: Graffiti tells story of political turmoil, BBC
Roshan
Muhammed Salih, Chaos or reconciliation?, Press TV
BBC TV -
Tessa Dunlop (www.tessadunlop.com) in
Luxor
CNN - Dan
Lothian: Reaction to President Obama's Speech
Mentorn
TV: An Idiot Abroad, Directed by Christian Watt
Egyptian
TV: Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Nile TV, OTV
The Last
Millionaire, BBC
The Danish
Broadcasting Corporation
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
Cultural
Nile TV, Culture Cafe, by Ahmed Abdelaziz
Russian 24,
about theft in the National Museum during the revolution
Rai News,
Antiquities Stolen
The Digger
Who Can Figure by Mehri Khalil, School of the Art Institute of Chicago F
Newsmagazine
The Poetic
Tours Specialist by Christine Ghobrial, Egyptolution
Revolutionary
Tour of Cairo on the 25th of Jan. By Aileen Alfandary, KPFA
Lyse
Doucet, BBC's chief international correspondent
NBC News,
Egypt After the Revolution
Cairo's Geology:
a History of How Limestone Became Cairo, James Purtill
Amy
Mowafi, Cairo Scene
Claire
Sorrenson, Horytna Radio Show: Lost in Translation
Shaimaa
Fayed, Reuters, about Beach Tourism
ARD,
German TV
Sawy
Culturewheel Documentary
ZDF
Channel, Documentary: Tahrir - Der Platz der Befreiung
HBO
Documentaries
New Europe
Newspaper (www.neurope.eu) by Kathlyn Clore
Tales from
Cairo's Living City of the Dead by Sarah El-Rashdi
Novel
Attempt to Lure Tourists to Return by by Sherif Elhelwa, The Media Line
Idris
Tawfiq on Radio Cairo (95.4 FM), A Life In Question.
Produced/Translated and/or Reported for:
The New York Times
BBC World
Service (Egypt and Libya)
BBC
America
Financial
Times
CBS
Network (the Egyptian 25th Jan. Revolution)
Swedish
Radio
CNN
Amanpour
and Khaled Mashaal, Leader of Hamas:
http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/21/hamas-political-leader-speaks-to-amanpour/
VRT
France 2
French 24
Stampa
Espresso
The Daily
Mirror
Xinhua
GEO Magazine
GEO Magazine
Danish
National Radio
South of
Sweden News
Göteborgs-Posten
Platts
AUC Times
Tahrir
Lounge
Der
Spiegel
KPFA Radio
CSSProject
for Integrative Mediation (in Cairo, Portsaid, Sinai)
Field
Producer of a film about Bob Bradley: We Must Go
Bas
Uterwijk Photography
Petra
Ramsauer
Future
Cities: Cairo
Helsingin
Sanomat Newspaper
http://www.studiojensassur.com
Global TV
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com
http://www.parismatch.com
http://www.information.dk
President
Muhammed Morsy
http://www.cuatro.com/
http://danielhartleyallen.com
Painter Khaled Hafez
Photographer
Eirik Bjørklund
Copper Pot
Pictures
Show Time
Andrew Hosken, Reporter, The Today programme, BBC Radio 4
Ruptly TV
Tout.com
Roger Hercz
L'Opinion
Worked
with:
Michael
Buchanan, BBC Correspondent
Helena
Merriman, BBC Correspondent
Tim
Willcox, BBC Presenter
Richard
Bilton, BBC Correspondent
Tim
Whewell, BBC Newsnight Correspondent
Ben
Gilbert, BBC America
Terry
McCarthy, CBS News Correspondent
Scott
MacLeod, Time Magazine Correspondent
Andrew
England, Chief Middle East Correspondent for The Financial Times
Charlotte
Wiedemann, GEO Magazin
Christiane
Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent
Wolf
Blitzer, CNN's lead political anchor
Thomas
Loren Friedman, The New York Times Company
Translated
for the organizations or individuals:
Time Magazine
The American University in Cairo
Egyptian Exploration Society
Oxfam International
Seton Hall Law Program
Rosalyoussef Magazine
Cairo Times Magazine
Egypt’s Supreme Court
American Embassy
Cairo Museum
Vodafone
Global LT
El Sawy Culturewheel
Xendex Entertainment
World-Check
Jerry Leach
Ayman Nour, Egyptian Presidential
Candidate
Raymond Stock
Peter Blauner, Novelist
Bill Barazzuol
Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
Lectures
Given:
1.
Give
a Pharaoh Five, a joint lecture with Bill Barazzuol
2. The Divine Board, Pharaoh
Amasis in Art and History, with Dr. Raymond Stock
3. The Battle of Kadesh
4. The Tale of Sinuhe, a Highly
Informative Performative Narrative
5. Music in Ancient Egypt, a joint
lecture with Dr. Khairy ElMalt
6. Behold How Howard Uncovered Tut
7. A Night of Hieroglyphics
8. Nefertiti
9. View from a Mashrabiyya: the
Architecture of History in the History of Architecture
10.
Feasting
with the Pharaohs, Banqueting in Antiquity, with Bill Barazzuol
11.
The
HelleNilotic Melting Pot
12.
Freezing
Time: from Imhotep to Ahmed Zewail
13.
Gates
of Glory and Façades of Fame
14.
Alexander:
a King Akin to a God
15.
Eratosthenes,
from Cyrene to Syene
16.
Pharaohs
of Pharos
17.
The
Roman Aroma
18.
A
Crum of Cruelty
19.
A
Taint of Atenism
20.
The
Art of the State in the State of the Art
21.
The
Hype in the Hypostyle
22.
The
Tale of an Ancient Egyptian Expat
23.
Relief
of Belief
24.
When
in Doubt, Hieroglyph it Out
25.
Thieves
from Thebes
26.
Relief
Beyond Belief
27.
When
Domes Dominate
28.
From
Khaemwas to Zahi Hawass
29.
From
Cubits to Units, a History of Measurement
30.
Emulate
an Amulet
31.
Write
Like an Egyptian & Hear it "From Pharaoh's Lips"
32.
Sobek,
Biology and Myth, a joint lecture with Dr. Jeffrey Dean Miller
33.
Pinpointing
Punt, a joint lecture with Nadia Mottalib
34.
Ramsiscape,
a joint lecture with Dr. Ann Shafer
35.
From
Haroun Al-Rashid to the Stone of Rashid
36.
Lemon,
Biography of a Fruit
37.
Ahmed
Shawqi with Howard Carter
38.
Ahmed
Shawqi with Tutankhamon
39.
Albert
Einstein, Father of the Atomic Age
40.
Powerpoint
to Empower Your Point
41.
Digital
Grammar
42.
Networking
That Works
43.
Ahmed
Shawqi in France
44.
How
Gibraltar Altered History
45.
“Weaving
the Web”
46.
Ahmed
Shawqi, a Children’s Poet
47.
Umm
Kulthum with Hafez Ibrahim and Ahmed Shawqi
48.
Ahmed
Shawqi, the Bard of Wisdom
49.
Ahmed
Shawqi, the Egyptologist Poet
50.
From
Karma to Karama
51.
"Naguib
Mahfouz as Imhotep and Manetho, a joint lecture with Dr. Raymond Stock
52.
Romance
in the Land of the Pharaohs
53.
Ahmed
Shawqi in Philae
54.
“Champollion:
The Linguist and the Emperor”
55.
“100
Hieroglyphs: Think Like an Egyptian”
56.
Conquering
the City of Grammar
57.
Law
in Ancient Egypt
58.
Color
in Ancient Egypt, a joint lecture with Dr. Gamal Lamie
59.
Ancient
Egyptian Fauna
60.
Ancient
Egyptian Flora
61.
Sailing
in Ancient Egypt
62.
Naguib
Mahfouz: Reading from the Otherworld, with Dr. Raymond Stock
63.
Imhotep,
a Modern Mind in an Ancient Body
64.
The
Story of Influenza
65.
The
Two Doves
66.
What
Is Light?
67.
Reshaping
the Shipwrecked Sailor
68.
Making
Zoser Closer to Eternity
69.
From
Narmer to Nasser
70.
Isis
and Osiris
71.
A
Virtual Tour to the Egyptian Museum
72.
The
Hieoglyphic Nature of Art
73.
Ancient
Egyptian Proverbs
74.
Body
Language in Ancient Egypt
75.
Sinuhe
Insinuations
76.
The
Art of Guiding
77.
Flood,
Growth, Harvest
78.
The
Tooth That Told the Truth
79.
Date
Palm: Biography of a Tree
80.
Let
Stone Set the Tone
81.
Ancient
Egyptian Religion
82.
The
Third Dynasty is a Charm
83.
Diplomacy
in Ancient Egypt
84.
The
Art of Translation
85.
Cleanliness
in Ancient Egypt
86.
The
Ancient Egyptian House
87.
Medicine
in Ancient Egypt
88.
The
Art of Public Speaking
89.
Etymological
Stories
90.
Magic
in Ancient Egypt
91.
Ancient
Egyptian Architects
92.
Dying
to Live
93.
The
Art of Tutoring
94.
Lily:
Biography of a Flower
95.
The
Hoopoe or News from the Father of News
96.
Quarrying
the Quarantine
97.
Health
in Ancient Egypt
98.
Drama
Drawn from Ancient Egypt
99.
Egyptian
Mathematics
100.
Ancient
Egyptian Technology
101.
Ancient
Egyptian Palaces
102.
Women
in Ancient Egypt
103.
The
Queens of Ancient Egypt
104.
Ancient
Egypt in Film
105.
The
Hyksos of Evil
106.
Kinship
and Kingship
107.
The
Hype Style of the Hypostyle
108.
The
Plastic Bag of Antiquity
109.
Sport
in Ancient Egypt
110.
For
Whom the Sun Shines
111.
The
Spirit in Ancient Egypt
112.
A
Pause at the Paws of the Sphinx
113.
Stele:
Bulletin Boards of Ancient Egypt
114.
The
Bee in Ancient Egypt
115.
Money:
From Bricks to Clicks
116.
Bread
in Ancient Egypt
117.
Friendship
and Marriage in Ancient Egypt
118.
Pensive
Pencils
119.
Zoser:
From Imhotep to Lauer
120.
An
Abode Beyond the Boundaries of Death
121.
Sound
in Ancient Egypt
122.
Google
Your Life
123.
Ahmed
Shawqi: the Poet of Faith
124.
The
Locus of the Lost Lotus in Egyptian Art
125.
The
KaRaVans of Ra
126.
Egypt:
Magic and Tragic
127.
From
Sultan Barquq to King Tut
128.
Saqqara
Village: Passport to the Past
129.
Cleanliness
in Science, History and Art
130.
From
Bab Zewaila to Bab Zewail
131.
When
Nature Speaks, Art Listens
132.
Don't
Worry, We Have a Quarry, to Tell the Story
133.
Sounding
the Sands: Archeology Techniques
134.
The
Fourth Dynasty: Builders with Boulders
135.
An
Elapse Marking a Collapse
136.
Carter:
Purse and Curse
137.
Strokes
of Genius on Ostraca
138.
Camels
Were Late Comers
139.
Symposium
on the Nile, with Barazzuol, Alshafie and Professor Leach
140.
In
the Museum of the Atom
141.
The
Story of Garbage
142.
Chorus
with Horus
143.
The
Mother in Ancient Egypt
144.
Nursing
the Curse
145.
Knowledge:
a Boon from the Baboon
146.
From
Adoring the Sun to a Door in the Sun
147.
Mirroring
Mereruka’s Meridian
148.
Wheel
in, Camel out
149.
Petrie:
Inch by Inch
150.
Ancient
Egyptian Games
151.
From
the Nave to the Cave
152.
Making
Fayoum Bloom
153.
Restoring
the Cosmic Chasm
154.
The
Rise of Monasticism
155.
Ahmed
Shawqi: from the Poet of the Prince to the Prince of Poets
156.
The
Egyptian Temple: from the Core Niche to the Corniche
157.
Karnak:
a Hub for Hubris
158.
Tut:
an Heir to an Era of Air
159.
The
Ottoman Style: More Flash for Less Cash
160.
Lured
by the Lucre
161.
Museums:
Creation and Curation
162.
The
Narcotic Nilotic Lotus
163.
Egypt:
the Dynastic Destiny
164.
The
Double Helix: The Inspiring Spiral
165.
Wade
in Wood, Hopes on Ropes
166.
Ahmed
Shawqi in School
167.
The
ABC of Electricity
168.
Ibn
Al-haytham: the Father of Optics
169.
The
Story of Numbers
170.
Your
Wasta to Waset
171.
The
Boy King Wanted His Plaything
172.
How
Laser Works
173.
Anatomy
of an Atom
174.
The
Trial of a Triad
175.
The
Library of Alexandria
176.
Let
the Fable Come to the Table
177.
A
Tale of Two Pyramids
178.
Schistosomiasis
and an Unparalleled Site of a Parasite, a joint lecture with Bill Barazzuol
179.
Ahmed
Zewail's Voyage through Time
180.
The
Magic of Marriage in Ancient Egypt
181.
ABC
Latin
182.
Paremiology
in Arabic, English and Latin
183.
Zewail
City for Science and Technology
184.
The
Subject and the Predicate
185.
Ahmed
Shawqi: the Revolutionist Poet
186.
West
Meets East: the Rise of Tourism
187.
The
First Tick in History: the Story of Measuring Time
188.
A
Tale of Three Apples
189.
At
First I Could See Nothing
190.
Story
of a Bridge
191.
The
Story of the Compass
192.
The
Egyptian Revolution through Western Eyes
193.
The
Story of Silence
194.
The
Circle
195.
Ficus
Benghalensis
196.
Water
197.
The
Story of Olive
198.
The
Desert
199.
Om
Kolthoum, the Many Layers of Genius
200.
Sustainability
in Ancient Egypt
201.
Amarna
Letters: Egyptian Bricks of Diplomacy
202.
Is
the Nile Delta Going under Water? Joint lecture with Dr. Jerry Leach
203.
Calcium:
the Backbone of Eternity
204.
Cairo
Trees
205.
Thomas
Alva Edison
206.
The
Sycamore Fig
Courses Taught:
-Introduction to Hieroglyphs
-Introduction to Guiding
Snap Presentations:
1-Labor Day
2-Mahmoud Mokhtar
3-Muhammed Ali
Lecture Series Given:
1.Egyptolgoy Series
2.Go Digital, You’ll
Go Far!
3.Ahmed Shawqi
4.Ahmed Zewail Series
for popularizing science
5-Mostafa Sadeq Rafei
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 Summer Program
Euro-Mediterranean
Innovation Marketplace
SOC 299: invited by
Dr. Emad El-Din Aysha
South Dakota
Delegation
Students from Ulsan
University in Korea, invited by Dr. Cyrus Reed, Associate Provost
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
Famelab
Cairo Toastmasters
Club
Nutty Scientists
Darb 1718
Egyptian Center for
Culture & Art (Makan)
Mashrou3 Al Mareekh
Ahram Canadian
University
Future University in Egypt
Al-Balsam Bookstore
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:
Top ten: Walking tours by Susan
Hack
The key to Cairo with children
is the food by Raymond Beauchemin
My Five: by Condé Nast Traveler
Senior Correspondent SUSAN HACK
www.polseguera.com
Ahram Weekly
Ahram Daily
Community Times
Translating
Imaging in Space and Time by Nobel
Laureate Ahmed Zewail
How to
Read the "Egyptian Book of the Dead” by Barry J. Kemp
Defending
Humanity, When Force is Justified and Why by George P. Fletcher and Jens David
Ohlin
Translating
into English a novel by Ahmed Shawqi
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
The Eleventh Hour
The Queen of Trees (Nature)
Mathematics Events Hosted by Seddik as President of the Mathematics Society:
1. Have Mathematicians Tamed the Beast of Infinity? by Dr. Michel
Hébert
2. Do infinitesimals REALLY exist? by Dr. Michel Hébert
3. Movie: 'N' is a Number, introduced by Dr. Michel Hébert
4. You're Probably Wrong, Fooled by Randomness by Dr. MARK ROY
WERNER
5. What Shape Could the Universe Be? by Dr. Ryan Derby-Talbot
6. Toward an Archaeology of Mathematics by Dr. Gregg R. De Young
7. Epidemic Curves From Two Geometrical Perspectives by M.E. Kahil
8. The Bayesian Controversy: Can logical thinking include personal
opinion?
9. The Mathematics of Knots by Dr. Ryan Derby-Talbot
10.
Graph Theory and Applications by
Dr. Brian Lucena
11.
"Egyptian Mathematics"
by Dr. Gregg R. DeYoung
Documentaries Reviewed:
An Inconvenient Truth, Oscar® winning
documentary
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
Published
as the Official Portal for Luxor
Named Tours
Tour of
Coptic Cairo, the Babylon of Egypt, From the Nave to the Cave
Guided Tour of Saqqara Pyramids and Tombs, Let Stone Set the Tone
Guided Tour of Saqqara Pyramids and Tombs, Let Stone Set the Tone
Gates of
Glory and Façades of Fame, a Walking Tour of Islamic Cairo
Making El
Fayoum Bloom, Tour of Fayoum, the Garden of Egypt
To the Capital of Memory and the Shores of Wisdom Alexandria
Shine from the Shrine: Tour of the City of the Dead (Al-Qarafa)
To the Capital of Memory and the Shores of Wisdom Alexandria
Shine from the Shrine: Tour of the City of the Dead (Al-Qarafa)
Political
Tour of Cairo, from Evolution to Revolution
An Idyllic
Tour of Gezirit el-Dahab, the Gold Island
Tour of the Treasure Laden Landscape of Luxor
Behind the Sun: Revolutionary Tour of Cairo
Tour of the Treasure Laden Landscape of Luxor
Behind the Sun: Revolutionary Tour of Cairo
The City
of the Dead, from Womb to Tomb
Biblical
Tour of Egypt, from Isis to Jesus
Tour of
Minya, the Bride of Upper Egypt
Ride with Your Guide at Giza Pyramids
Ride with Your Guide at Giza Pyramids
Modern
Medicine from Ancient Egypt
Tour of
Zamalek, the Garden of Plants
Tour of
the Cairo of Naguib Mahfouz
Camel
Caravan from Giza to Saqqara
Mathematical
Tour of Giza Pyramids
Walking
Arabic Classroom
Tour of the City of Rosetta
Tour of the City of Rosetta
Tour of
Cairo Museum
Tour of Cairo Graffiti
Tour of Cairo Graffiti
Your Visa
to Giza
How it is
Made
How it
Tastes
Imbaba
Specialized Tours
Mountains
of Garbage and Mountains of Carvings, The City of the Zabbaleen
Hydrologic
Tour of the Nile Delta
Tours
Led hundreds
of tour groups:
Seton Hall Law Program, Faculty and Students
The American University in Cairo
Princeton University
Cambridge University
American Embassy
Time Magazine, Chief of the Middle East Bureau
Harvard University
Yale University
Cornell University
Rice University
AUC Faculty and Students
University of British Columbia
British Engineering Institutions - Egypt (BEIE)
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, American Economist
James Balfour of Oxfam
Peter Blauner, Novelist (http://www.peterblauner.com/)
Dr. Jerry W. Leach
US Consul-General Roberto Powers
British Museum Curators
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 and
Universities
Ian Davison, Managing Director of Earthmoves Ltd
Julia E. Marshall, Editor for the Oxford English Dictionary
Durham University
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
University of Ulster
Griffith University
Mona Almaraghi, Presenter
Mona Almaraghi, Presenter
New York University
Progress 2
Progress 2
Duke University
University of Pittsburgh
German University
British University in Cairo
Zora O'Neill, Lonely Planet
German Embassy
Estonian Embassy
The Netherlands Embassy
Center for Arabic Study Abroad
(CASA)
Goldsmiths, University of
London
The Spanish Embassy
Green Valley School
ARCE Fellows
Cairo Scholars
British Council
University of Maryland
University of Texas
University of Virginia
University of Michigan
American Councils for International Education
Conrad Hotel
Jim Holthouser, Hilton Worldwide's Global Head
Maadi Wadi Runners
Supreme Council of Antiquities
ZIAD-HADDARA.COM
Middlebury's Middle East Arabic Program
Arabic Overseas Flagship Program
Australian Embassy
The French University in Egypt
www.semmel.de
Modern English School Cairo
Austrian Embassy in Cairo
Embassy of the Czech Republic
John Kavulich, NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAFT MART
Ahmed Seddik has teamed with the following
distinguished scholars during his tours and lectures:
Dr. Jerry Leach, Director of American Studies Center
Dr. Tarek
Swelim, Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture
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 Academy
Mahmoud El
Halwagy, Chief Curator, Cairo Museum
Costanza
la Mantia, PhD in Urban and Regional Planning
Dr. Bill
Bosworth, the Senior Geological Advisor of Apache to give Geologic Egyptologic
tours of Egypt.
Dr. Fekri
Hassan, Petrie Professor of Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology
Art
historian Bahia Shehab
Egyptologist
Jaromir Malek (Author of The Cat in Ancient Egypt)
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 Academy
Sawy,
Founder of Sawy Culturewheel and former Minister of Culture
Frequently
Given Tours (FGT):
Cairo
Museum
Pyramids
City of
the Dead
Coptic
Cairo, the Babylon of Egypt
Islamic
Cairo, Gates of Glory and Facades of Fame
El-Fayoum
Karnak
Alexandria
Tutoring
and Teaching
International
Organization for Migration (IOM)
Egypt
Today Magazine
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
Cairo
American College
Teaching
the Oxford Latin Course
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.
in Resala Charity Association.
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, Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture
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 when he spoke at
the CultureWheel
in 2008 on “Ancient Egyptian Music.”
Field
Experience:
-Participated in Zahi Hawass' Tombs
of the Pyramids Builders Dig
-Participated in a survey for the
flora and fauna of AUC’s New Campus Site, under AUC biology professor Dr. Carey
Dustin
-Participated in a botanical survey
of Wadi Degla with Biologist Pamela Labib.
Speechwriting
Citizen Journalism
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
Layla Tarek
Bahgat, singer
Introduced the following documentaries:
The Eloquent
Peasant (Shadi Abdel Salam)
The Night of Counting
the Years (Shadi Abdel Salam, 1969)
Arbitration in the Sawy’s Reading
Competition
Trained Tour Guides
Language Exchange
German, Italian,
Russian, Latin, Arabic
Writing
-Egyptology
in the Making, City Magazine (May 2011)
-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, Egyptolution
-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 F. Buchthal
-Interviewed
Egyptologist Naguib Kanawati
-Interviewed
Egyptologist Jaromir Malek
Ahmed
Seddik is a member of the digerati:
He maintains
Arabic and English blogs:
http://seddikism.blogspot.com/
Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn, XING, Ecademy, Plancast, Referral Key …
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
Exploration Society
Sawy Radio
Council of Advisors
Positions:
Former
President of the Egyptology Society
Former
President of the Mathematics Society
Awards and Accolades
Presidential
Scholarship from the Scholar Ship
Outstanding
Leadership Award from the American University in Cairo
Certificate
of Recognition from the Sawy Culturewheel in 2012
Certificate
of Recognition from the Sawy Culturewheel in 2013
Mentioned
in Loney Planet
Donations:
Zewail City
Acknowledgements and Testimonials
By Dr.
Raymond Stock in Dreams of Departure
www.tripadvisor.com
Lonely
Planet
Founded:
The Sun
Power Council
Sponsorships
Cairo
Science Festival (http://www.cairosciencefestival.org)
Academic
Institutions Visits:
Princeton
University
The
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin
& Marshall
Caltech
Pasadena
City College
Georgetown
University
Columbia
University
Cairo
University
Helwan
University
The
American University in Cairo
The
British University in Cairo
University
of Alexandria
Future
University
Cairo
American College
The
British International School
References
Dr. Andrew
Main, Emeritus Professor of Biology at AUC
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 in Sharjah
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 Preserver
Robert Lee
Jones, Professor of Photography and Visual Communication
Christopher
McLaverty
Michael
Buchanan, BBC World Service
Helena
Merriman, BBC World Service
Erin
George, CBS News
Roberto
Powers, US Consul-General
Dr.
Humphrey Davies, Leading Translator of Arabic Literature
Tim
Whewell, BBC Newsnight Correspondent
Bryan
Kraemer
Alaa Ibrahim (NASA Scientist)
Seddik Domains
Seddik.com
AhmedSeddik.com
SeddikSpeak.com
CairoFixer.com
CairoGraffiti.com
Hobbies
1-Horseback Riding
2-Running
3-Rock Climbing
4-Biking
5-Sailing
6-Walking
7-Etymology
Birth and Education
Ahmed
Seddik was born on February 25, 1980. He studied Egyptology and Math at the
American University in Cairo. Ahmed Seddik was a student of the world famous
Egyptologist Zahi Hawass and the erudite historian John T. Swanson.
Seddik-In-Progress
The Book
of Seddikisms
Book: the
Art of Guiding, the Guide of All Guides
Audio
Books of Ahmed Shawqi, Naguib Mahfouz and Arabic Teaching
Co-translated
and co-edited How the West Was Lost by Dambisa Moyo for the National
Translation centre
Ahmed
Seddik's Encyclopedic English Arabic Dictionary
Languages:
Splendid
command of English
Splendid
command of Arabic
Latin
Ancient
Egyptian
Digital
Products:
Walking
tour of Islamic Cairo: Gates of Glory and Facades of Fame, available through PocketGuide
from the Apple Store:
http://pocketguideapp.com/en/cairo
Inventions
Seddikisms
Future Plans
Launching
the Ahmed Seddik Scholarship for Studying Translation at AUC
Ahmed
Seddik Prize for Excellence in Guiding
Authoring
smart talking tours of Egypt and the Middle East for IPhones and smart phones
Producing
documentaries about ancient Egypt
Launching
Seddik Smart Postcards
