Presenting the Glossy Look of Warfare in Cyberspace – The Islamic State’s Magazine Dabiq
Presenting the Glossy Look of Warfare in Cyberspace – The Islamic State’s Magazine Dabiq
Christoph Günther
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Since Ramaḍān 1435 (June/July 2014), the so-called ‘Islamic State’ (dawlat al-islāmiyya, IS), the ‘State of the Caliphate’ (dawlat al-khilāfa), publishes a periodic magazine entitled Dabiq. This glossy outlet, produced and distributed by al-Ḥayāt, one of the movement’s media organizations, is widely disseminated on the Internet and forms part of IS’s advancement in the field of the media. Published in English and other European languages, it…
