Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/HES18RMM Today’s world faces many conflicts and is impacted by an increasing number of natural disasters. In this climate of turbulence and uncertainty, the role of media in conflict management and peace building is extremely important. With this backdrop, the faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo …

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 24, summer/fall 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/WA17MPEE Scroll down for English Abstract ولاء عقاد - مدرس بقسم الإذاعة والتليفزيون، كلية الدراسات الإسلامية والعربية، جامعة الأزهر.   قامت هذه الدراسة علي رصد وتحليل آراء وتقييمات أساتذة الإعلام في مصر لأداء الفضائيات المصرية في تغطية انتخابات الرئاسة الأمريكية التي أجريت عام 2016م، والتعرف على ترتيب القنوات …

Issue 24, summer/fall 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/GLDK17AS Abstract This article returns to 2011 and the beginning of the Arab Spring in order to ask how the Israeli middle class came to draw similarities between their conditions and those of the Arab citizens who had risen against authoritarian rule. This question is also …

Issue 24, summer/fall 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/FAI17TAF Tensions between Qatar and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council and other Arab countries resurfaced with a vengeance in May 2017. The latest escalation came in response to statements allegedly made by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in support of Iran as …

Issue 24, summer/fall 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/EM17TPNB Abstract Since the Arab uprisings began in 2010, some communities have experienced increased levels of violence or insecurity on the basis of their ethnic, religious, or linguistic identity. This article examines how such communities have mobilized and developed their media strategies in order to protect themselves …

DMC TV network started broadcasting its long list of television programs and series in Egypt on January 14, establishing itself as a major player in the Arab media landscape. So far, little information has been made available clarifying leadership structure and budget, however based on the quality and diversity of programming, …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/MMK17BEC In the wake of the Arab uprisings, journalists, activists, and scholars coupled creative with revolution (or dissent, protest, resistance) to describe political graffiti, rap, art, and video. Distinguished institutions, from the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands to the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, …

Issue 23, winter/spring 2017 https://doi.org/10.70090/AFH17FRI Anna Rousillion’s feature documentary I Am the People follows Farraj and his family through four tumultuous years in Egyptian history, beginning just before revolution and chronicling their lives in its aftermath. Farraj, the film’s protagonist, is a wiry farmer in the southern province of Luxor, …