The Magic of Movies is a three-part series presentation on the Art and Technique of Cinema, presented by Mr. Ismael Serageldin. Using hundreds of film clips and stills, he dissected the secrets of cinema technique and artistry, and showed how the various elements of the art form — image, movement, color, tone, dialogue, script, music, […]
The Media Sustainability Index (MSI), the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
The Egyptian media landscape is less affected by economic preasure in comaprison to the political field precisely because the commercial imperative is less pronounced in a media system in contrast to the power of money through advertising revenue; there are few ratings or audience statistics, and those that are collected are often proprietary and not […]
Sense-Making between Media Occident and Orient Audience Perception of Arabic TV Services of International Satellite Broadcasters: Deutsche Welle, France 24, and Russia Today in Egypt
Across differences in history and culture, it is compelling states to establish their authority less and less on coercion and more and more on social consensus. It is believed that the sense making of public diplomacy would not only create a more participatory political systems region, but also establish new communication platforms that can overcome […]
Reviewing one year of popular diplomacy; optimizing higher education in Egypt: Web-conferencing, video-conferencing and polling
The Egyptian education system is large, and current practices are very rigid. It is accustomed to mass education as was developed in Europe over the past two hundred years, following closely the British tradition. Full-scale renovation of the existing system will take time. As in many other developing countries, the progress of education is affected […]
Prior To Eruption to the Grapes of Wrath: Popular Diplomacy is the Only Remaining Option
This book tackles the nature of the Arabs’ relationship with “the other”. The feelings of indignation and rebellion against the inflamed state of affairs in the region were the prompt behind writing it. Besides, all people alike should shoulder the political and media responsibility as we are all in the same boat. Unfortunately, at a […]
مجتمع المعرفة: بين الاستشراق والاستغراب؟
كثير من الأفكار لا تجد من يستقبلها في اللحظة المناسبة فتصبح أفكاراً مخذولة، ولمدة طويلة ظل مفهوم “مجتمع المعرفة” مخذولاً في الوطن العربي لأسباب سياسية واجتماعية واقتصادية وإعلامية. ولأن هذه الأفكار أصيلة، فإن قدرتها على الرجوع ظلت قائمة وخصوصاً في هذه المرحلة العصيبة. فقد تميزت المائة سنة الأخيرة في حياة البشرية بالقدرة على تقريب المسافات، […]
The Crossing Roads of Egypt: An Avenue of Participation Crucifies the Stagnation Development
Egypt is currently witnessing a serious of crossing roads stage in its contemporary times. The Egyptian media and political arena are clustered into two categories: the hard-liners, or the old guards refusing to yield change or any restructuring, namely the autocrats on the one hand. And the new wave of development, under the auspices of […]
Cartoon Coverage: Occidentalism and Orientalism Revisited
This paper aims at studying the coverage of the cartoon controversy with the Orientalism – and Occidentalism – critique as a backdrop. In 1978, Edward Said published his book ‘Orientalism’ that dealt with the interplay between the “Occident” and the “Orient.” In reference to this view, the West has created a dichotomy, between the reality […]
The Role Played By Qur’an Translations In Steering Public Opinion Against Islam In Non-Muslim Communities
This paper pinpoints the important role that Qur’an translations have played in forming the image of Islam past and present. This importance has remarkably increased in the aftermath of 9/11 with the unprecedented curiosity to know about Islam by reading its very revealed Book. As Thomas Cleary, a non-Muslim Qur’an translator mentions, Qur’an translations are […]
A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Arab Civil Society
The Arab world is currently struggling to maintain cultural integrity and religious identity in the face of globalization. This critical phase is magnified by a split between the public agenda and the media agenda. This article offers a comparative tool for assessing the Arab world in terms of civil liberties, rule of law, anticorruption and […]