Gendering the Arab Spring; Arab Women Journalists, Cyber feminism, and socio-political transformation

Gendering the Arab Spring; Arab Women Journalists, Cyber feminism, and socio-political transformation with Guest Speak Sahar Khamis

Monday, December 2nd
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Metropolitan Building 5183

Sahar Khamis, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an expert on Arab and Middle Eastern media. She is the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department in Qatar University. Dr. Khamis holds a Ph.D. in Mass Media and Cultural Studies from the University of Manchester in England. She is the co-author of the books: “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and “Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). Dr. Khamis has been appointed as a commissioner in the Human Rights Commission of Montgomery County, Maryland.  She can be contacted at: [email protected]