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As a scholar focused on political communication in my teaching and research, I had been concerned by the serious gap in critique of mainstream political communication scholarship in reference to the Middle East and North Africa.

Between 2015 and 2016, as I was completing my previous book, Media in New Turkey, I observed a significant uptick in the Erdoğan government’s external communication efforts. The government launched TRT World to reach English-speaking audiences around the world and to ..

The decision to embark on this book venture assumed the character of an ethical dilemma. Concurrently pursuing an academic trajectory in development studies, I found myself navigating diverse professional experiences, including being an economic advisor in Egyp..

I.B.Tauris is seeking book proposals for a new academic book series: Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa. 

The first “controlled openings” in the Algerian mediatic space occurred in the aftermath of the 1988 social movements. NAQD partially examined this phenomenon in its issue number 8/9 (1995). At this time, the unequal flows of North-South information had been reinforced by the launching of numero..

As a native Egyptian, I was immensely moved by the 2011 uprising and the temporary unity among all social groups in Tahrir Square in their call to topple the regime. However, like many Egyptians, I felt that the revolution was hijacked by the strange alliance between..

September 2017 marked the sixteenth anniversary of the start of the “war on terror.” While hashtags such as #NeverForget and #September11th were trending on Twitter, there was little mention of the victims of post-9/11 counter-terrorism laws and policies – namely, Muslims or those racializ..

[This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on media and communication in the Middle East and North Africa and reflects a wide variety of opinions.]

The month of July has seen a great deal of media-related discussion. News of the ​

The State of Myth has lowered its curtains. The state-sponsored Iraqi television series, which introduced itself to the world with a musical trailer featurin..

Conference and Special Issue 

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Title: Communication and Conflict: Syria and Iraq Organized by: Centre for Media Studies, SOAS

Lina Khatib, Dina Matar, and Atef Alshaer, The Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication. London: Hurst UK and New York: ..

The 2011 revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa abruptly captured global attention as the world was drawn breathlessly into the tumult with a profusion of media content, from Tweets to amateur video footage. Amidst the media blitz, analyse..

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Battir is a Palestinian village located on the border which separates the West Bank from Israel since 1948; its human historic landscape, characterized by dry-stone terraces and ancient..

The popular rebellions that have swept Arab countries since December 2010 have spawned an active field of revolutionary cultural production. Scholars from around the world will gather at the Annenberg School for Communication`s The Project for Advanced Rese..

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Ahmed al-Moslemany, presidential media adviser, confirmed that there are ongoing contacts with all political forces, including the Muslim Brotherhood, in order to achieve “national reconciliation,” stressing that ousted President Mohamed Morsi is in seclusion and is being treated properly.

[The following letter was issued by the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).]

24 January 2013

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Office of the Prime Minister
Başbakanlık
06573 Ankara, Turkey

Dear ..

[The following statement was issued by the International Freedom of Expression Exchange Tunisia Monitoring Group on 9 July 2012. The statement was prompted by the voluntary termination of the activities of..

Many analysts have been commenting on the broader significance of the astonishing and awe-inspiring events that have swept Egypt by storm over the past six days. From Tunisia to Yemen, the Arab world is in open revolt against the..