Development Circle: "The Egyptian Uprising:Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies"

"The Egyptian Uprising: Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies"

Please join the Development Circle this WednesdayFebruary 16th from 12:15 to 1:30 in the Community Lounge as we discuss the recent events in Egypt.

Light lunch will be provided.

Sahar Khamis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an expert on Arab media and the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department in Qatar University. Dr. Khamis holds a Ph.D. in Mass Media and Cultural Studies from the University of Manchester in England. She is the co-author of the book: “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace”, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2009. She also authored chapters in the books: "Women and Media in the Middle East: Power through Self-Expression", I.B. Tauris, London, 2004, and “New Media and the New Middle East”, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007. She also has several publications in both international and regional academic journals and conferences in both English and Arabic. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious academic and professional awards.

Dr. Khamis is an editorial board member of the journals: Media, War & Conflict, Journal of Middle East Media, Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, and Advances in the History of Rhetoric. Her areas of teaching and research interest include: public relations, advertising, public opinion, audience research, mass media campaigns, gender and media studies, women's media images and portrayals, mass media and national development, ethnographic media Studies, as well as international and intercultural communication.



The Development Circle is a forum founded in 1998 by a group of MSPP students and faculty and currently brought to you by the IDEV Council. The aim is to bring School and University people together to seek better understanding of development challenges. and ways to promote just and sustainable development in both poor and rich countries (and in the relation between the two).