Authors

Mohamed Zayani and Joe F. Khalil

Mohamed Zayani is an award-winning author and professor of critical theory at Georgetown University in Qatar. His works include The Digital Double Bind (Oxford UP, 2024); A Fledgling Democracy (Oxford UP, 2022); Digital Middle East (Oxford UP, 2018); Bullets and Bulletins (Oxford UP, 2016); Networked Publics and Digital Contention (Oxford UP, 2015; winner of ICA, ISA, NCA, ASA, and AGSS book awards); The Culture of Al Jazeera (McFarland, 2007); and The Al Jazeera Phenomenon (Pluto Press, 2005). 

 

Joe F. Khalil is associate professor of global media at Northwestern University in Qatar and currently a visiting professor at George Washington University. His publications include The Digital Double Bind (Oxford UP, 2024); The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023); Culture, Time and Publics in the Arab World (I.B. Tauris, 2018); Arab Television Industries (Palgrave, 2009); and Arab Satellite Entertainment Television and Public Diplomacy (Smith Richardson, 2009). Before joining academia, he had a long professional experience as a TV executive producer, media and communication consultant, and media market analyst. For more about him, see his website here

ARTICLES BY Mohamed Zayani and Joe F. Khalil