Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/RH18SRPI Patience. [The member] should have plenty of patience for enduring afflictions if the enemies overcome him. He should not abandon this great path and sell himself and his religion to the enemies for his freedom. He should be patient in performing the work, even if …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/DAHS18RM Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. This research tackles the crisis of the Rohingya Muslims in the discourse of foreign websites, aiming to analyze the structural features of the selected websites' discourse. It mainly analyzes the websites discourse pillars and their declared positions towards the …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/GG18QCAJ Abstract This study examines the coverage of the Yemeni crisis, before and after the outbreak of the Gulf crisis, by Al-Jazeera English news websites. It aims to identify any existing variation in Al-Jazeera’s news coverage with respect to the Yemeni crisis, thus examining the degree …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/MGEH18AO Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. This study aims at identifying the impact of the political orientation of Arab countries, (with particular focus on Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain) and newspaper ownership with respect to the news frames used in online …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/SAUB18CM Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. With technological development, societal change, and a shift toward modernity, the importance of communication and media in crisis management has grown. As countries and institutions are exposed to crises, improper management can harm aspects of their image, reputation, and …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/GW18PPMP Abstract This article discusses the mediated presentation of the Nakba in the post-Oslo era through an examination of ‘anniversarial’ journalism. By viewing media as an interpretative memory community, this work reveals how Palestinian society has shaped its ideological framing and worldview over time. Building on …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/EA18LMFE Abstract On November 3, 2016, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced the free flotation of the Egyptian pound in an attempt to stabilize the economy. Following this announcement, the CBE issued a series of press releases addressing the matter, and the flotation was widely …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/NF18MCII Media, with its ubiquity in the digital age and as a purveyor of information, plays a pivotal role in these uncertain times.  Recent events have shown that news outlets can play a political role, at times on behalf of an entire nation. This trend has …

يؤدي الإعلام دوراً محورياً في هذه السنوات التي تعتمد على السجال المعلوماتي والسيطرة الرقمية بكل أشكالها، وقد أظهرت الأحداث حولنا أن قناةً إعلاميةً قد تؤدي دوراً سياسياً بالنيابة عن دولةٍ بأكملها، الأمر الذي بدأت مؤخراً تنتبه إليه الدول العربية، وتوليه اهتماماً لا بأس به، وإن ظل المشهدُ غير متوازن وفي …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/HA18MCIE These are unprecedented times. The world as a whole has not experienced crises of the scale and magnitude that we are currently seeing. Perhaps the heightened feelings of fear and aggravation in the face of these crises, and the realization of their consequences, has stemmed …