Rare protests at American University of Cairo drive off former US ambassador

Students at the American University of Cairo staged a rare protest against former US ambassador to Egypt and Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, forcing him to leave the campus. Hundreds of students participated in solidarity with Palestine, chanting against the normalization of relations with Israel and waving Palestinian flags. The protest is significant because mass political expression is tightly controlled in Egypt, and it highlights public anger over Israel's war on Gaza. The student union stated the action was about moral responsibility and refusing to give a platform to someone they see as complicit in the oppression of Palestinians.