Most American journalists probably know little about covering Islam accurately, fairly, ethically and contextually amid rising levels of xenophobia, hate speech and “fake news” in the U.S., but help is on the way. In 1980, I arrived in Beirut as CBS News Middle East correspondent. My qualifications for covering this complex …

DMC TV network started broadcasting its long list of television programs and series in Egypt on January 14, establishing itself as a major player in the Arab media landscape. So far, little information has been made available clarifying leadership structure and budget, however based on the quality and diversity of programming, …

Arab Media & Society held lecture "Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt" from in AUC's Mohamed Shafik Gabr Lecture Hall on Wednesday, February 8. 2017. Hatsuki Aishima, Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnography in Osaka, Japan discussed the life and media representations of former Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Abdel-Halim Mahmoud. Aishima, who holds a …

February 1, 2017 —The 28th Summit of the African Union (AU) ended with a decision to welcome Morocco back to the pan-African body, a return that has been widely reported by international news outlets. The decision comes after Morocco submitted an official request to “accede to the African Union (AUC) Constitutive Act” in September 2016 to pave the way for gaining the AU membership.

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/MMK17BEC In the wake of the Arab uprisings, journalists, activists, and scholars coupled creative with revolution (or dissent, protest, resistance) to describe political graffiti, rap, art, and video. Distinguished institutions, from the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands to the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/HNES17RU د. حسن نيازي الصيفى-  أستاذ العلاقات العامة والإعلان المشارك، جامعة الملك فيصل بالمملكة العربية السعودية. نظرا لشعبية وزيادة استخدام شبكة الإنترنت، اتجه المتطرفون والجماعات الإرهابية - وعلى رأسهم داعش - إلى استغلال الإعلام الجديد كوسيلة جديدة وقوية لنشر ثقافة العنف والدعاية للإرهاب وتجنيد الأتباع واستدراج الشباب، …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/RARB17RA In an article published on December 17, 2014, Surti Singh, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo (AUC), wrote that “a new set of questions is crystallizing about the role of art in contemporary Egypt” and posed the following questions: “Can …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/MEN17FDC د.مصطفى النمر- أستاذ مساعد بكلية الإعلام والاتصال، جامعة الإمام بالرياض، المملكة العربية السعودية. صدر مؤخراً عن دار العربي للنشر والتوزيع بالقاهرة كتاباً تحت عنوان: الدراما الأجنبية وانحرافات المراهقين السلوكية، يستعرض فيه الباحث دراسة علمية ترصد العلاقة بين تأثير الدراما الأجنبية والبناء الثقافى لدى المراهقين، حيث ذهب الكتاب …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/AFH17FRI Anna Rousillion’s feature documentary I Am the People follows Farraj and his family through four tumultuous years in Egyptian history, beginning just before revolution and chronicling their lives in its aftermath. Farraj, the film’s protagonist, is a wiry farmer in the southern province of Luxor, …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/CEK17SCF This essay is part of an ethnographic study of Egyptian film production conducted between August 2013 and September 2015. The study is centered on participant observation within two main film companies, New Century Film Production and Al-Batrik Art Production, in addition to interviews conducted with …