Founded in September 2009 at the American University in Cairo; GAPP’s three main academic departments in law, public policy and administration, journalism and mass communication and five research centers including the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS), The Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women Studies (IGWS), The Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research, Middle East Studies Program (MESC), Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research,and GAPP's Executive education Unit, offer students unique opportunities to develop a comprehensive overview of the strategic issues that are of great concern to world citizens today.