What's Inside: 

The Arab Spring and the Discourse of Desperaton: Shifting from an Authoritarian to a Democratic Discourse By El Mustapha Lahlali

Cyberactivism in the Egyptian Revolution How Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism Tilted the Balance By Sahar Khamis & Katherine Vaughn

Twitter and Tyrants: New Media and its Effects on Sovereignty in the Middle East By Wiebke Lamer

Egypt’s Media Ecology in a Time of Revolution By Mark Allen Peterson

Why the Arab World Needs Community Radio By Daoud Kuttab

Rebuilding Egyptian Media for a Democratic Future By Ramy Aly

Is the Egyptian Press Ready for Democracy? Evaluating Newspaper Coverage as an Indicator of Democratization By Noah Rayman

From TUNeZINE to Nhar 3la 3mmar: A Reconsideration of the Role of Bloggers in the Tunisian Revolution By Amy Kallander

‘Not Ready for Democracy:’ Social Networking and the Power of the People -- The Revolts of 2011 in a Temporalized Context By Robert Hassan

Technology Cannot a Revolution Make: Nas-Book not Facebook By Nabil Dajani

Digital Activism: Efficacies and Burdens of Social Media for Civic Activism By Jad Melki & Sarah Mallat

A Revolutionary Role of a Remnant of the Past? The Future of the Egyptian Journalist Syndicate after the January 25th Revolution By Miriam Berger

The Scene of the Crime: October 9th, Maspero, and Egyptian Journalism after the Revolution By Maurice Chammah

Also featuring the photography of Ghazala Irshad