Mohamed Zayani is Professor of Critical Theory at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.Joe F. Khalil is Associate Professor of Global Media at Northwestern University in Qatar.

• Acknowledgements CONJUNCTURES AND DISJUNCTIONS 1. The Digital Middle East2. Reckoning with Change ASPIRATIONS AND HINDRANCES 3. The Digital as Infrastructure4. Technologies of Center and Periphery5. The Digital as Digitality EXPRESSION AND SUPPRESSION 6. The Enticement of Digital Citizenship7. Collective Voices and Digital Contention8. Digital Adaptations and Disruptive Power IMITATION AND INNOVATION 9. In Pursuit of the Knowledge Economy10. Cultural and Creative Industries11. Emerging Digital Economies CONNECTIVITY AND COLLECTIVITY 12. Virtual Lives and Digital Spaces13. The Demographics of a Connected Culture14. Collectivity, Identity and Multivocality Afterword NotesReferencesIndex

Essential reading not only for those specializing in the Middle East, but for anyone concerned with the impact of the digital revolution more generally. Never before in history has cutting-edge technology gone straight to all sectors of the world and en masse to the less-privileged as well as the affluent. The consequences in a sub-continent in which tradition and engrained structures of power remain strong are complex indeed, but brilliantly traced out by the authors.

Mohamed Zayani is Professor of Critical Theory at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.Joe F. Khalil is Associate Professor of Global Media at Northwestern University in Qatar.

• Acknowledgements CONJUNCTURES AND DISJUNCTIONS 1. The Digital Middle East2. Reckoning with Change ASPIRATIONS AND HINDRANCES 3. The Digital as Infrastructure4. Technologies of Center and Periphery5. The Digital as Digitality EXPRESSION AND SUPPRESSION 6. The Enticement of Digital Citizenship7. Collective Voices and Digital Contention8. Digital Adaptations and Disruptive Power IMITATION AND INNOVATION 9. In Pursuit of the Knowledge Economy10. Cultural and Creative Industries11. Emerging Digital Economies CONNECTIVITY AND COLLECTIVITY 12. Virtual Lives and Digital Spaces13. The Demographics of a Connected Culture14. Collectivity, Identity and Multivocality Afterword NotesReferencesIndex

Essential reading not only for those specializing in the Middle East, but for anyone concerned with the impact of the digital revolution more generally. Never before in history has cutting-edge technology gone straight to all sectors of the world and en masse to the less-privileged as well as the affluent. The consequences in a sub-continent in which tradition and engrained structures of power remain strong are complex indeed, but brilliantly traced out by the authors.

Mohamed Zayani is Professor of Critical Theory at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.Joe F. Khalil is Associate Professor of Global Media at Northwestern University in Qatar.

• Acknowledgements CONJUNCTURES AND DISJUNCTIONS 1. The Digital Middle East2. Reckoning with Change ASPIRATIONS AND HINDRANCES 3. The Digital as Infrastructure4. Technologies of Center and Periphery5. The Digital as Digitality EXPRESSION AND SUPPRESSION 6. The Enticement of Digital Citizenship7. Collective Voices and Digital Contention8. Digital Adaptations and Disruptive Power IMITATION AND INNOVATION 9. In Pursuit of the Knowledge Economy10. Cultural and Creative Industries11. Emerging Digital Economies CONNECTIVITY AND COLLECTIVITY 12. Virtual Lives and Digital Spaces13. The Demographics of a Connected Culture14. Collectivity, Identity and Multivocality Afterword NotesReferencesIndex

Essential reading not only for those specializing in the Middle East, but for anyone concerned with the impact of the digital revolution more generally. Never before in history has cutting-edge technology gone straight to all sectors of the world and en masse to the less-privileged as well as the affluent. The consequences in a sub-continent in which tradition and engrained structures of power remain strong are complex indeed, but brilliantly traced out by the authors.