James Grippo, Author at Arab Media & Society

James Grippo

James Grippo completed his B.A. and M.A., and is currently a Ph.D. candidate, in ethnomusicology at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he has studied Middle Eastern music for over ten years. James, a member of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble, is an accomplished performer of Turkish, Arab and Persian musics on the oud and qanun. Presently on his fourth trip to Egypt on a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, he is now conducting research for his doctoral dissertation on urban shaabi music culture which includes meeting with musicians, composers, and music industry professionals, analyzing and transcribing pieces, learning performance practices, and documenting archival research.

The Fool Sings a Hero’s Song: Shaaban Abdel Rahim, Egyptian Shaabi, and the Video Clip Phenomenon

Research Article

“If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce yourself to a zero.” -- Mahatma Gandhi When twelve cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad were published in Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten on September 30, 2005, few foresaw the violent backlash that transpired as a result of their …

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James Grippo

The Fool Sings a Hero’s Song: Shaaban Abdel Rahim, Egyptian Shaabi, and the Video Clip Phenomenon

Between empathy and victim-blaming: the effect of personal ideologies and identities on users’ perception of the self-reported gender-based violence posts on Facebook in Egypt

Challenging Gender Roles Through Brand Storytelling

Feminist Markers in Contemporary Arabic Songs: Analytical Study of Discourse and Gender (Arabic)

Feminist Markers in Contemporary Arabic Songs: Analytical Study of Discourse and Gender (English translation)

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Between empathy and victim-blaming: the effect of personal ideologies and identities on users’ perception of the self-reported gender-based violence posts on Facebook in Egypt

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