Mohamed Zayani: 3 books
The Culture of Al Jazeera
Inside an Arab Media Giant
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
In the mid 1990s, the emir of Qatar conceived the idea of a satellite channel that would further the progressive image he hoped to establish for his small Arabian/Persian Gulf state. At the same time, a short-lived partnership between the BBC and a Saudi company had left a handful of BBC-trained Arab...
Networked Publics and Digital Contention
The Politics of Everyday Life in Tunisia
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
How is the adoption of digital media in the Arab world affecting the relationship between the state and its subjects? What new forms of online engagement and strategies of resistance have emerged from the aspirations of digitally empowered citizens in the Middle East and North Africa? Networked Publics...
Al Jazeera Phenomenon
Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
Few phenomena in the Arab world are more controversial than Al Jazeera - the satellite television news channel that, despite its brief history, has made its impact known throughout the world and changed the face of a formerly parochial Arab media.This timely collection of articles, many by Arabic-speaking...