MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION Middle East Journal Of Culture And Communication

Aims & Scope The Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication provides a transcultural academic sphere that engages Middle Eastern and Western scholars in a critical dialogue about culture, communication and politics in the Middle East. It also provides a forum for debate on the region’s encounters with modernity and the ways in which this is reshaping people’s everyday experiences. MEJCC’s long-term objective is to provide a vehicle for developing the field of study into communication and culture in the Middle East. The Journal encourages work that reconceptualizes dominant paradigms and theories of communication to take into account local cultural particularities. MEJCC also supports work that challenges the static and suzerain epistemological frameworks through which the Middle East has been represented and perceived. The Journal provides a platform for diverse and interdisciplinary work, including original research papers from within and outside the Middle East, reviews and review articles, to investigate transformations in com- munication, culture and politics in the region. Editors Lina Khatib, Stanford University Tarik Sabry, University of Westminster Dina Matar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London John L. Esposito, Georgetown University Coordinating Editor Gholam Khiabany, London Metropolitan University Reviews Editor Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University Editorial Board Walter Armbrust, St. Antony’s College, Oxford – Muhamed Ayish, University of Sharjah – Dima Dabbous-Sensenig, Lebanese American University – Sune Haugbolle, Copenhagen University – Lena Jayyusi, Zayed University – Marwan Kraidy, University of Pennsylvania – Marc Lynch, George Washington University – Laudan Noushin, City University London – Naomi Sakr, University of Westminster – Mehdi Semati, Northern Illinois University – Annabelle Sreberny, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London – Burcu Sumer, Ankara University – Karen Wilkin, University of Texas – Mohamed Zayani, Georgetown University International Advisory Board Lila Abu-Lughod, – Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London – Nadje Al-Ali, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London – Talal Asad, The CUNY Graduate Center – Haim Bresheeth, University of East London – Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University – Kai Hafez, Erfurt University – , University of California, Davis – Rami Khouri, American University of Beirut – Yousefa Loshitzky, University of East London – David Morley, Goldsmiths College, University of London – Hamid Naficy, Northwestern University – Zahia Salhi, University of Leeds – Ella Shohat, New York University – Colin Sparks, University of Westminster – Ted Swedenberg, University of Arkansas – Salim Tamari, Birzeit University – Daya Thussu, University of Westminster – Nadia Yacoub, University of North Carolina Correspondence and Submission Guidelines For detailed instructions, please visit the journal homepage at brill.nl/mjcc. The Instructions for Authors include details on how to publish on an Open Access basis with Brill Open. Articles should be submitted through www.editorialmanager.com/mjcc. Reviews should be emailed to the Reviews Editor at helga@nyu .edu. Queries should be addressed to the editors c/o Dr. Dina Matar Centre for Film and Media Studies School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square London WC1H 0XG, UK Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication (print ISSN 1873-9857, online ISSN 1873-9865) is published semi-annually by BRILL, Plantijnstraat 2, 2321 JC Leiden, The Netherlands, tel +31 (0)71 535- 3500, fax +31 (0)71 531-7532