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Doing Business in Egypt (BINT 4917/6917)
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
by: Dr. Wagdy Abdallah and Pamela Dungee

Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to join Wagdy Abdallah, professor of accounting and taxation, on a trip to Egypt: Saturday, December 26, 2009 to Friday, January 8, 2010. 

Students who have participated in this study abroad opportunity consider it one of the most educational, cultural and enjoyable experiences of their college career.    Interest Meeting:  April 3, 2009 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Jubilee Hall, 6th Floor Library   Application Deadline:  April 17, 2009  

Trip Details: In addition to readings and class discussions, students will talk with several CEOs of American-Egyptian joint ventures. The trip also includes 4 days/3 nights Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor on a full-board basis. Participants travel to Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Alexandria and Sharm El-Sheikh. In Cairo, students visit the ancient Egyptian Museum, the Pyramids, Sphinx, Ben Ezra Synagogue and St. Sergius Church, and the ancient sites of Memphis and Sakkara. In Aswan and Luxor, participants will visit the Granite Quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae, Kitchner's Island botanical garden, Agha Khan Mausoleum by felucca, the Ptolemaic Temple of Sobek & Haroeries in Kom Ombo, the Temple of Horus, the falcon-god, the Valley of the Kings, the funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Colossi of Memnon, Karnak and Luxor Temples. Alexandria includes a visit to the Catacombs of Kom El Shukafa, Quait Bay Fort, the National Museum and Alexandria Library.    The cost is $3,570 per person (including international and domestic flight, hotels, all tours, the Nile Cruise based on full board with shore excursions, all entrance fees and visa entry to the country, transportation and some meals). 

For more information please contact:
Dr. Wagdy Abdallah
(973) 761-9246
abdallwa@shu.edu