Vol. 11, Iss. 1, 2017

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Middle Eastern Women’s ‘Glocal’: Journeying between the Online and Public Spheres

10 May 2017

Middle Eastern Women’s ‘Glocal’: Journeying between the Online and Public Spheres
Dina Hosni Article Despite the fact that the Arab Spring did not necessarily materialize with the political effects anticipated by some of its activists, it has brought into the spotlight the significance of the role of women in direct connection to the online space. In this respect, the article addresses the online world as Middle Eastern women subcultural capital in their traversal to the public sphere, which is…

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Saudi Women and Socio-Digital Technologies: Reconfiguring Identities

10 May 2017

Saudi Women and Socio-Digital Technologies: Reconfiguring Identities
Hélène Bourdeloie, Caterina Gentiloni Silveri, Sara Houmair Article Drawing on research conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this paper explores the specific uses of digital technologies by Saudi women. It shows how these women – whose gender identity is strongly constrained by a host of social and religious norms characterizing Saudi society – make use of digital technologies, and particularly mobile telephones. The various applications available for mobile telephony open up to them a…

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Science and Islam Videos: Creating a Methodology to Find “All” Unique Internet Videos

10 May 2017

Science and Islam Videos: Creating a Methodology to Find “All” Unique Internet Videos
Vika Gardner, Salman Hameed Article This methodology article explores the process through which we sought to catalogue videos addressing natural science and Islam on the Internet comprehensively. This data was then used to select videos for inclusion in the Center for the Study of Science in Muslim Societies’ Science and Islam Video Portal (www.scienceandislamvideos.com), which evaluates the videos based on their representations of science, Islam and history. As a growing…

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Youth Activism and Social Networks in Egypt

10 May 2017

Youth Activism and Social Networks in Egypt
Ahmed Tohamy Article The arrival of the Internet-based technologies has made the work of professional activists much more effective and has attracted the attention of society and observers, if only because their internal and external communications became much cheaper and harder to be monitored. The new social networking technologies have provided the youth with new channels for participation and empowerment. This became true in a part of the…

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