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Morocco Launches a Virtual Platform to Support Entrepreneurs
Rabat – The Moroccan General Confederation of Enterprises (CGEM) and the Ministry in Charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs (MCMRE) initiated a joint agreement in Casablanca on Thursday to enable the establishment of a virtual region. The agreement—signed by MCMRE Minister Anis Birrou and the CEO of CGEM …
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 …
"Arab Culture": From Orientalist Construct to Arab Uprisings
Culture & Society, Peer Reviewed Scholarship
Any attempt to write an account of popular culture in the Middle East must face the question of how to define Arab and the Arabs? This might seem an odd statement at first glance: some 350 million people speak the language, ergo they are Arabs, and Arab, the Arabs, the …
INTERVIEW | Past, Present, and Future Violence in Lebanese Comics
Arts & Entertainment, Interviews
During a lecture entitled "'I Think We Will be Calm During the Next War': Past, Present, and Future Violence in Lebanese Comics," Ghenwa Hayek, assistant professor of Modern Arabic Literature at the University of Chicago, discussed Lebanese comics as a means of reflecting war and conflict. After her presentation she …
BOOK EXCERPT | Syria's Drama Outpouring from Syria from Reform to Revolt, Vol. 2
Arts & Entertainment, Books & Reviews
Enduring Commitment Syrian drama has oscillated between accommodating and challenging persistent authoritarianism, the Islamic tendency, and the neoliberal moment. In addition to sensational thrillers and costume dramas, Syrians continue to produce works that harken back to an earlier era of Arab cultural production. Realist dramas join sociopolitical satires in critiquing …
Libya's UN-Installed Government Cracks Down on Media as Opposition Protests Rage
Politics, Press Freedoms
July 30, 2016—Angry protestors marched in Martyrs' Square yesterday, defying government measures to ban such gatherings. Outraged by the passivity of the new UN-installed government, protestors denounced al-Sarraj and demanded that he leave office.
Thinking and Writing About Terrorism: Reflections on an Uncertain World
I am writing a book that will be called Confronting Terrorism. It examines the evolution of terrorism that culminates, for now, in the Islamic State's ability to hold and "govern" substantial amounts of territory. This requires me to immerse myself in both the literature of terrorism and to view, from a distance, the nasty realities of this topic. I do not pretend to be as intimately involved as are the people who must live under terrorism's darkest shadows every day. But I think a lot about how terrorism's presence changes our world...
Obsessing over Jihadi Otherness: Radicalism's Evolution and the Failure of the Post-Colonial Arab State
Opinion & Analysis, Religion
The rise of the Islamic State group (which will be referred to as ISIS), from the perspective of those in the Middle East drawn to it, rather than Europe where the French scholar Olivier Roy has proposed the idea of the "Islamization of radicalism," can be discussed within the framework of a number of deeper phenomena in Arab societies since the mid-twentieth century.
BOOK REVIEW | Visual Propaganda and Extremism in the Online Environment
Books & Reviews, Culture & Society, Social Media
Ronnie Close, an academic and assistant professor at the American University in Cairo, welcomes the volume into the discourse on visual content. He contextualizes the scholarly work by providing information on related fields, and he assesses the compilation's overall cohesion.
CONFERENCE REPORT | IPI World Congress: How to Cover Violent Extremism and Survive
Conferences, Politics
Under the banner "Journalism at Risk: Safety and Professionalism in a Dangerous World," the 2016 World Congress of the International Press Institute (IPI) convened in Doha, Qatar in March to tackle the dangers of covering terrorism and other forms of political violence.
Film Review | Watching "Us" in the Middle East
Book Review | Preaching Islamic Renewal: Religious Authority and Media in Contemporary Egypt
الهوية الثقافية المُعلنة عبر المنصات الإلكترونية لمؤسسات التعليم العالي: دراسة مقارنة على جامعة الشارقة والجامعة الأمريكية في الإمارات
Blogging the new Arab public
Alexander Zilo, President and CEO, Orbit
Ian Ritchie CEO, MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Centre)
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