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Arab media: the internet

   

The Internet in the Arab World: a New Space of Repression?  
A survey by Gamal Eid of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (2004). Includes sections on Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, the UAE and Yemen.

The Internet in the Mideast and North Africa
Human Rights Watch, 1999
A detailed survey of Internet use and Internet policy in the Arab world, though now somewhat dated. With special country reports on Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates

National security and the internet in the Persian Gulf region
Grey Burkhart, 1998
Part of a large-scale project, with individual case studies of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen

Media convergence and its consequences
Jon W Anderson & Dale F Eickelman, 1999
Factors shaping the internet's development in the Arab world

Virtually Islamic
Muslims on the internet (book review)

Saudis claim victory in war for control of web
Brian Whitaker
The Guardian, 11 May 2000

The Internet and the Middle East
Jon W. Anderson, 1997
"
This is not a technological revolution, but a social one."

Internet commercialisation in Egypt: a country study
Tarek Kamel, 1997
The evolution of the internet in Egypt from its birth in the academic sector to its commercial take-off, plus the challenges of working with a limited infrastructure in a developing country.

Saudi Arabia: rules for internet use
Council of Ministers Resolution, 12 February 2001 

The internet: new media, new politics? 
by Jon Alterman (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

     

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Virtually Islamic: Computer-mediated communication and cyber Islamic environments
by Gary Bunt. Paperback, 2000
Available from Amazon amazon.com or amazon.co.uk. Click here for review.

 

 
 
 
 
 


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