Digital Middle East: state and society in the information age
New York; Qatar:
Oxford University Press; Georgetown University
(2018), xii, 335 pp., index
ISBN 978-0-190859329
"Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the MENA region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are playing out in the social, cultural, political, and economic spheres, exposing the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked the advent of the digital Middle East." (Publisher)
Contents
1 Mapping the Digital Middle East: Trends and Disjunctions / Mohamed Zayani, 1
2 The Changing Nature of Socialization among Arab Youth: Insights from Online Practices / Ilhem Allagui, 33
3 Virtual Worlds, Digital Dreams: Imaginary Spaces of Middle Eastern Video Games / Vít Sisler, 59
4 Mediated Experience in the Egyptian Revolution / Mark Allen Peterson, 85
5 Women's Digital Activism: Making Change in the Middle East / Annabelle Sreberny, 109
6 Domesticating Foreign Intellectual Property Laws in the Digital Age: Of Pirates and Qarsana in the GCC / Suzi Mirgani, 125
7 From Souk to Cyber-Souk: Acculturating to e-Commerce in the MENA Region / Norhayati Zakaria, 143
8 Working for Free: Hidden Social and Political Economies of the Internet in the Middle East / Jon W. Anderson, 167
9 Digital Rights Activism after the Arab Spring: Internet Governance Politics and the Internet Freedom Proto-Regime / Muzammil M. Hussain, 197
10 Citizenship and Cyber-Politics in Iran / Gholam Khiabany, 217
11 E-Government in the GCC Countries: Promises and Impediments / Damian Radcliffe, 239
2 The Changing Nature of Socialization among Arab Youth: Insights from Online Practices / Ilhem Allagui, 33
3 Virtual Worlds, Digital Dreams: Imaginary Spaces of Middle Eastern Video Games / Vít Sisler, 59
4 Mediated Experience in the Egyptian Revolution / Mark Allen Peterson, 85
5 Women's Digital Activism: Making Change in the Middle East / Annabelle Sreberny, 109
6 Domesticating Foreign Intellectual Property Laws in the Digital Age: Of Pirates and Qarsana in the GCC / Suzi Mirgani, 125
7 From Souk to Cyber-Souk: Acculturating to e-Commerce in the MENA Region / Norhayati Zakaria, 143
8 Working for Free: Hidden Social and Political Economies of the Internet in the Middle East / Jon W. Anderson, 167
9 Digital Rights Activism after the Arab Spring: Internet Governance Politics and the Internet Freedom Proto-Regime / Muzammil M. Hussain, 197
10 Citizenship and Cyber-Politics in Iran / Gholam Khiabany, 217
11 E-Government in the GCC Countries: Promises and Impediments / Damian Radcliffe, 239
