Upcoming Event:
​Digital Activism and Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa

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The Media Project's workshop on digital activism, civil society, and media in the Middle East, the second in a series of critical workshops, conferences, and events, will be held in Beirut, Lebanon June 3 & 4, 2016.

It will address the relationship between digital activism as spurred by the Arab uprisings and civil society institutions and actors. This event will feature some of the most creative and revolutionary activists, journalists, and technologists from the region. The workshop aims to address the relationship between online protests, media, and civil society campaigns; examine the role that digital activism plays in promoting civil and political rights; discuss obstacles facing civil society; evaluate local initiatives; and share experiences in popular mobilization. 

​Speakers will discuss the role of digital media activism in promoting civil and political rights in light of renewed challenges to social, economic, and political injustice.

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Arab Studies Institute, the Media Studies Program and the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut, and the Department of Media Studies at Notre Dame University.

​More about the event and its participants can be found under "Workshop II: Digital Activism and Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa."

About the Media Project

The Media Project is a dynamic, collaborative community of scholars, activists, media practitioners and journalists who utilize an array of platforms to advocate for a substantial improvement in the quality of research, pedagogy, and advocacy on media and communication in/on the Middle East and North Africa. Our founding workshop took place in June 2015 at the Arab Studies Institute in Virginia titled “Journalism Against the Grain” tackled the problematic aspects of reporting from and in the region in light of extremely challenging contemporary conditions. The second forthcoming event is a conference at the American University of Beirut (AUB) which will tackle “Digital Activism and Civil Society” in the region since the uprisings. The Media Project will convene workshops, conferences, research projects, resource building efforts, and other activities in the coming months and years with the objective of expanding the lens through which we analyze the Middle East, North Africa, and other geographic areas that are impacting and/or being impacted by the politics, economics, and sociocultural conditions of the region.

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