Few events in the new millennium have been as captivating as the Arab uprisings, and few aspects burdened with expectations as heavy as the question of the role of media in them. Eight years out from the spectacular occupations of Arab city squares, there is enough published material of quality ..
Hatim El-Hibri, Rayya El Zein, Marwan Kraidy, and the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Institute (MESPI)
Hatim El-Hibri is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies. His research and teaching interests focus on global and transnational media and the visual culture of the Middle East, and particularly the historical entanglement of media technology and institutions with the production and contestation of urban space. He is currently working on a book tentatively titled 'Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure.'
Rayya El Zein is working towards a PhD in Theatre at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She maintains a blog of critical reactions to theatre she’s seen at http://parfourna.tumblr.com. She has just begun a project of collating material about trends in global theatre and performance on Twitter at @g00gletheatre.
Marwan M. Kraidy is the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Culture, and Founding Director of the Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication (PARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, where he is also affiliated with the Middle East Center. An expert in global communication and a specialist in Arab media and politics, he also researches the relationship between culture and geopolitics, global media industries, theories of identity and modernity, and the political symbolism of the human body in the public sphere.