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My research focus lies in political and intercultural communication, with a specific emphasis on the Middle East. I investigate the dynamics among media, politics, and culture both within the region and in the diaspora.
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This article seeks to model the socio-political influences of media use in diaspora. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from Tunisian diaspora members residing in France, Denmark and Sweden. The article proposes ‘mediatized diaspora’ as a new model explaining the transnational intertwining between media...
In the last two years, Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to health communication. In the Arab region, the public has paid much attention to health issues at the expense of political affairs that overwhelmed the region in the last decade. In this respect, this article seeks to characterize health communication, as a growing research field specificall...
Under overgangen fra autokrati til demokrati har religiøs identitet været et centralt emne på den tunesiske dagsorden, både for folk i Tunesien og den tunesiske diaspora. Denne artikel undersøger fra et interkulturelt kommunikationsperspektiv, hvordan medier kan påvirke den eksisterende religiøse identitet hos borgere med tunesisk baggrund, der er...
The Tunisian diaspora in Europe has gained significant research interest due to the fundamental changes recently triggered by the Tunisian Revolution with which the diaspora strongly interacted. This article investigates the potential effects of media use on the political identity of Tunisian diasporic communities in Europe, from a sociopolitical c...
Considering historical developments, this article discusses the conditions that have impeded Egypt’s political actors to lead a democratic transition following the 2011 revolution. In this context, I argue that the failure of Egypt’s major political actors to effect a democratic transition post‐2011 revolution is largely due to the obstruction of E...
Media in Egypt have experienced significant transformations since the 2011 revolution. Both traditional and new media policies have been altered in conjunction with the multiple power transitions that have occurred over the last 7 years. These transformations have raised significant questions about the extent of the political effects of media—and e...
The recent wave of Internet-based social movements in the Arab Spring countries and elsewhere has considerably changed the organizational structure of contentious action. One of the current and most significant theories that has handled this change is the logic of connective action, which distinguishes between two major types of contentious action:...
The political use of media in Egypt post-2011 revolution brought about drastic transformations in political activism and power structures. In the context of communication power theory, this article investigates the effects of newspapers and social network sites on political participation and political power relations. The research employed a mixed...
