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 …
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New Media, New Audiences: Charting the Rise of Spiritual and Religious Music in Egypt
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 …
Read More »The Ambassador: Mohamed Salah and the Future of Xenophobia in Football
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 …
Read More »REPORT | Mass Media and Conflict Issues in the World
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 …
Read More »Local Media Framing of Egyptian Monetary Policy: Insights from the 2016 Flotation of the Pound
Abstract On November 3, 2016, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced the free flotation of the Egyptian pound in an attempt to stabilize the economy. Following this announcement, the CBE issued a series of press releases addressing the matter, and the flotation was widely covered by local media. This …
Read More »تقييم أساتذة الإعلام لأداء الفضائيات المصرية في تغطية انتخابات الرئاسة الأمريكية لعام 2016
Scroll down for English Abstract ولاء عقاد - مدرس بقسم الإذاعة والتليفزيون، كلية الدراسات الإسلامية والعربية، جامعة الأزهر. قامت هذه الدراسة علي رصد وتحليل آراء وتقييمات أساتذة الإعلام في مصر لأداء الفضائيات المصرية في تغطية انتخابات الرئاسة الأمريكية التي أجريت عام 2016م، والتعرف على ترتيب القنوات الفضائية المصرية بين وسائل الإعلام …
اقرا المزيد »The Arab Spring in Israeli Media and Emergent Conceptions of Citizenship
Abstract This article returns to 2011 and the beginning of the Arab Spring in order to ask how the Israeli middle class came to draw similarities between their conditions and those of the Arab citizens who had risen against authoritarian rule. This question is also about the movement of ideas …
Read More »COLUMN | Qatar’s Costly Miscalculations
Tensions between Qatar and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council and other Arab countries resurfaced with a vengeance in May 2017. The latest escalation came in response to statements allegedly made by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in support of Iran as the region's power broker, and …
Read More »BOOK EXCERPT | Online Activism in the Middle East: Political Power and Authoritarian Governments from Egypt to Kuwait
25 January—Tahrir Square Freedom—Facebook Does the Internet facilitate social and political change, or even democratization, in the Middle East? The subject of this inquiry is the use of online platforms among activists in the Middle East, and the importance of such platforms in effecting change. The topic has received wide …
Read More »Middle Eastern Minorities in Global Media and the Politics of National Belonging
Abstract Since the Arab uprisings began in 2010, some communities have experienced increased levels of violence or insecurity on the basis of their ethnic, religious, or linguistic identity. This article examines how such communities have mobilized and developed their media strategies in order to protect themselves and adapt to their changing …
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