June 1, 2001

French-Language University Planned for Cairo; U.N. Agency Seeks Aid for Palestinian Students

Two centuries after Napoleon conquered Egypt, a French university is planned for Cairo.

The university has the explicit aim of challenging the dominance of English in the growing higher-education market.

The founders of the French University in Egypt issued a statement proclaiming the need for their institution: "The hegemony of the English language can give future economic and political relations in Egypt a monodimensional character by pushing it mainly toward Anglo-Saxon

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