The world now pays special attention to young people, often viewing them as the most critical group in the building and development of societies. In the Arab world, they make up the largest group, representing a qualitative advantage that requires investment to achieve desired growth. Increasingly, there is an urgent …

يُولِي العالم كله الآن اهتماماً خاصاً بالشباب بوصفهم الفئة الأكثر فاعلية في بناء المجتمعات ونهضتها، وفي عالمنا العربي، نجد أنهم الفئة الأكثر عدداً بما يمثل ميزة نوعية ينبغي استثمارها لتحقيق النمو المنشود، والمتابع للمشهد، يجد أن الثقة في قدرات الشباب في القيادة على مستويات مختلفة بدأت تزداد، ولاسيما أن هناك …

What do school reform, presidential elections, LGBTQ rights, globalization, police brutality, and a Boston casino have in common:? They have all been the impetus behind youth participating, communicating, and practicing forms of connective journalism in the United States. This, in brief, is the main argument Lynn Clark and Regina Marchi …

Since 2011, the Kuwaiti telecom company Zain Group, one of the largest in the Middle East, has produced a series of popular ads broadcast annually during Ramadan. The ads are songs, usually featuring celebrities singing and dancing with children. Since 2015, the ads have become noticeably more political. In 2016, …

Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. According to statistics released in December 2017, the number of web users in Egypt are about 49.23 million. This represents about 49.5% of the population estimated at 99.4 million. The number of users subscribed on the Facebook network is about 35 million. Youth represent …

Abstract One lesson learned from Egypt’s 2011 uprising was that young people are highly active politically as witnessed by the emergence of the networked young citizen. As the country became more stable it was feared that members of this participatory culture would reject formal politics in favor of alternative forms …

Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. Because of the areas many journalists work that have been identified as dangerous physically, professionally, and personally, the subject of journalists' safety has been of great interest in recent years. Within this context, some institutions have established professional safety rules for journalists, but most …

Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. New media has led to rapid changes in the behavior of its users in a way that indicates different forms of violence in order to support the frequent hostile behavior of an individual or a group, intending to seize control, whether by using power …

Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. Despite the importance of volunteerism for sustainable development objectives and youth investment of time in such useful volunteer work, the practice of voluntary social work differs from one context to another, as does its efficiency and effectiveness. This study examines the role of social …

Abstract This essay, based on the author’s fieldwork on Palestinian music and oral history, examines the position of singer and Arab Idol winner Mohammed Assaf in relation to the contemporary Palestinian struggle and the wider play of power in the Arab world. The issues discussed gravitate towards three main themes: …