Politics and Digital Literature in the Middle East

Nele Lenze is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. Her main research interests include media and freedom of speech in the Gulf. Recently, she co-edited Converging Regions: Global Perspectives on Asia and the Middle East (2014) with Charlotte Schriwer, The Arab Uprisings: Catalysts, Dynamics, and Trajectories with Fahed Al-Sumait and Michael Hudson (2014), and Media in the Middle East: Activism, Politics, and Culture (2017) with Charlotte Schriwer and Zubaidah Abdul Jalil.

• 1. Beginnings - How to Read Arabic Literature Online?.- 2. Style and Media Make-Up of Digital Literature.- 3. Socio-Political Expressions Through Language and Narration.- 4. Participatory Culture, Interaction, and Web 2.0.- 5. Who Are the Actors? Portrayal of Heroes.- 6. Challenges of Online Distribution.- 7. Concluding Thoughts.