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New Issue of the Arab Media and Society
The online journal Arab Media & Society has published its new issue that discusses the state of post-Arab Spring media and journalism. All included articles are available online or in the PDF format for download. Arab Media &...
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Book: Popular Culture in the Middle East and North Africa: A Postcolonial Outlook
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Cyberactivists Paving the Way for the Arab Spring: Voices from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya
The wave of Arab revolutions and uprisings that has been shaking all corners of the Arab Middle East since 2011 and that has come to be known as the Arab Spring owed a major portion of its success to online activism. The spark...
Mohammed El-Nawawy and Sahar Khamis, 1 Feb 2013
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Mythical Roots, Phantasmic Realities and Transnational Migrants: Yemenis Across the Gulf of Aden
This article analyzes the relationship between transnational migration, state-based religious cosmologies and new electronic media. It illustrates the way mythical realities and a Christian cosmology have structured the existence...
Samson A. Bezabeh, 1 Feb 2013
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Tweeting like a Pigeon: The Internet in the Arab Revolutions
The extraordinary uprisings since December 2010 represented the long-prepared transformation from fatalism to people power. The online–offline dialectic allowed the revolution to be mediated with global ramifications - from...
Miriyam Aouragh, 1 Feb 2013
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The Time of Concluding the Contract in E-Commerce from Islamic Legal Perspective
The issue of when a contract between face-to-face parties is deemed to be concluded presents no legal difficulty to deal with in conventional dealings. However, the borderless nature of the Internet presents questions as to when a...
Abdulrahman Alzaagy, 1 Feb 2013
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Review: Von Chatraum bis Cyberjihad: Muslimische Internetnutzung in lokaler und globaler Perspektive
The book titled Von Chatraum bis Cyberjihad: Muslimische Internetnutzung in lokaler und globaler Perspektive, edited by Matthias Brückner and Johanna Pink, focuses on different aspects of the Islamic and Muslim presence on the...
Göran Larsson, 1 Feb 2013
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Review: Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran
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Zuzana Krihova, 1 Feb 2013
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Cyber Counselors: Online Fatwas, Arbitration Tribunals, and the Construction of Muslim Identity in the UK
This article explores four distinct websites providing normative content for Muslim minorities in the UK. It focuses on the connections between these Islamic websites and global and local Islamic institutions, the interactions...
Vit Sisler, 19 Nov 2012