I just saw an article about the AUC campus at New Cairo. It sounds like it is an hour outside of Cairo. I am getting the link for those that haven't heard about this . . . AUC is all moving out there and scheduled to open this summer . . . so I guess it will take you a little longer to get to downtown Cairo now.
Here's the article at NPR:
University Creates Student Oasis in Egypt's Desert : NPR
And the architecture looks really cool!
Good Luck with your studies.