Reframing Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa

Dina Matar is a Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. She is the Chair of the SOAS Centre of Palestine Studies and the Centre for Global Media and Communication. She is Series Editor of the series Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa, and SOAS Palestine Studies.

• Introduction: Problematizing political communication theory and praxis in the Middle East and North Africa: Towards de-colonizing the field , Dina Matar: 1-12Chapter One: Complexity of Political Communication in Iran, Gholam KhiabanyChapter Two: Reframing Political Communication: Palestinian storytelling, witnessing and remembering as politics in the margin, Dina MatarChapter Three: Cultural self-orientalism and its impact on Turkey’s political communication: From Kemalism to Islamism – A theoretical discussion of the country’s two ‘-isms, Dogan TanerChapter Four: Political Communication in the Arabian Gulf States in Transition- a GCC-Centered Continuity and Change Perspective, Mohamad AyishChapter Five: Journalism and State Feminism in Morocco, Dounia MahloulyChapter Six: Hate Speech as Political Communication in Lebanon, Zahera HarbChapter Seven: Rethinking journalism practices beyond Western-centrism, Jummar, an independent Iraqi media initiative, Aida KaisyChapter Eight: The Dynamics of Gendered Socio-Political Activism in Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Egypt, Sahar Khamis and Amal BakryChapter Nine: The New Tunisian Public Sphere: Navigating the Battlefield of PassionsConclusion: Towards a Third Space/VoiceBibliography

Dina Matar has assembled an outstanding array of scholars whose chapters in this volume reflect and respect the diversity of political communication in the greater MENA region. The authors thoughtfully examine the region’s distinctively non-Western media environments, making the book a valuable addition to the literature of evolving media practices.