On September 16, 2020, U.S. president Donald Trump hosted the signing ceremony for the tripartite diplomatic normalization agreement, known as the Abraham Accords, between the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Israel at the White House. The UAE is the third Arab country to declare normalization with Israel after Egypt …

Scroll down for English abstract. تهدف الدراسة إلى الاختبار الإمبريقي لعدد من المقولات التأكيدية التي وردت في عبارة الرئيس السيسي السابقة، وما يرتبط بها من عمليات نفسية يقوم بها القائمون على شن الحرب النفسية على مصر ما بعد 30 يونيو، ولأي مدى يتأثر بها قطاع مهم ومستهدف من الشعب المصري، …

The impacts of new media have long fascinated scholars of contemporary Muslim societies. Beginning from the premise that new media configurations portend the “fragmentation” of religious authority (Eickelman and Anderson 1999; Anderson 2003), such works often display a curious mix of euphoria and anxiety about the “democratizing” potential of new …

Scroll down for English abstract. تهدف هذه الدراسة الوصفية إلى رصد كيفية تشكيل الهوية التنظيمية لدى العاملين في شركات الاتصالات العاملة في مصر وتحديد مراحل تشكيل الهوية، وذلك بالاعتماد على منهج المسح الميداني، حيث أجريت هذه الدراسة الميدانية على(200) مفردة من العاملين في المستويات الإدارية المختلفة في شركات الاتصالات العاملة …

Scroll down for English abstract. تهدف الدراسة إلى تحديد سمات خطاب الهوية الدينية في الصحف الإلكترونية المصرية في إطار الحرب على الإرهاب، والعوامل والمتغيرات التي تشكل أزمة الهوية الدينية، والتصورات والحلول المطروحة للخروج من تلك الأزمة. وتعتمد الدراسة على توظيف أسلوب تحليل الخطاب الديني، والمنهج الكيفي المقارن، واستخدمت الدراسة منهج …

Abstract The Egyptian Arabic song, “Boshret Kheir” or ‘good omen’, represents an example of the role of popular music in promoting populism, patriotism, and the ideology of Egyptian nationalism. Given the song’s popularity, this article poses the question: what transforms an ordinary pop song into a national phenomenon? The song …

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 …

Abstract Music is the language that everyone understands. As an element of culture, music evolved with the development of civilizations. Some of the religious subgroups produced a unique type of music that echoed in the Arabian Peninsula as well as nearby civilizations, such as Andalusia and Persia. This type of …

While a post-Brexit United Kingdom continues to struggle with xenophobia and anxieties about the Arab/Muslim diaspora, a new hero has emerged in the country’s most popular sport. He’s wildly talented, he’s from Egypt, and he’s Muslim. Known as “The Pharaoh”, “The Egyptian King”, and even the “Egyptian Messi”, 25-year-old Mohamed …

Today’s world faces many conflicts and is impacted by an increasing number of natural disasters. In this climate of turbulence and uncertainty, the role of media in conflict management and peace building is extremely important. With this backdrop, the faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University organized its 23rd annual …