Miriyam Aouragh

Miriyam Aouragh (Amsterdam, 18 November 1972) is a Dutch anthropologist who specializes in social media and internet activism. She is senior lecturer at the University of Westminster.[1]

Miriyam Aouragh, 2013

Biography

Aouragh was born to parents who had migrated to the Netherlands from Morocco. In the early 2000s, she was a student of virtual communities in Palestine,[2] a member of the International Socialists,[3] and active in Amsterdam as an activist for Moroccan youth[4] and the Palestinian cause.[5] She got her doctorate in cultural anthropology (including such topics as "Palestine in Cyberspace"[6]) from the University of Amsterdam in 2008; her dissertation, Palestine Online, studied internet activism in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon, and was published in 2011.[7] She published on the use of the internet and social media during the Egyptian revolution of 2011,[8] and her work on social media is cited in educational books.[9][10]

References
  1. University of Westminster, academic directory
  2. Azough, Rachida (5 October 2002). "Freepalestina.nl heeft last van Israël-lobby". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. "Cohen neemt vlagverbranding niet licht op". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 16 April 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. Groen, Janny; Oñorbe Genovesi, Iñaki (10 March 2003). "Jahjah legt intens onbehagen Marokkaanse jongeren bloot". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. "Palestijnse vlaggen gaan op actiedag bij duizenden uit". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 1 July 2002. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. Meyer, Birgit; Moors, Annelies (2005). Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere. Indiana UP. p. 11. ISBN 9780253111722.
  7. Lionis, Chrisoula (2016). Laughter in Occupied Palestine: Comedy and Identity in Art and Film. I.B.Tauris. p. 203. ISBN 9781784532888.
  8. Kellner, Bruce (2016). "Media Spectacle and the North African Arab Uprisings". In Bruce Magnusson (ed.). Spectacle. Zahi Zalloua. U of Washington P. p. 61. ISBN 9780295806167.
  9. Ritzer, George; Dean, Paul (2015). Globalization: A Basic Text. John Wiley & Sons. p. 247. ISBN 9781118687123.
  10. Fuchs, Christian (2013). Social Media: A Critical Introduction. SAGE Publications. pp. 86–93. ISBN 9781446296868.
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