Miriyam Aouragh Explained

Miriyam Aouragh (Amsterdam, 18 November 1972) is a Dutch Palestinian liberation activist and academic who commentates on social media and internet activism. She is Professor at the University of Westminster.[1]

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] [6] She got her doctorate in cultural anthropology (including such topics as "Palestine in Cyberspace"[7]) from the University of Amsterdam in 2008; her dissertation, Palestine Online, studied internet activism in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon, and was published in 2011.[8] She published on the use of the internet and social media during the Egyptian revolution of 2011,[9] and her work on social media is cited in educational books.[10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-miriyam-0 University of Westminster, academic directory
  2. News: Freepalestina.nl heeft last van Israël-lobby. Azough. Rachida. 5 October 2002. De Volkskrant. Dutch. 15 September 2016.
  3. News: Cohen neemt vlagverbranding niet licht op. 16 April 2002. De Volkskrant. Dutch. 15 September 2016.
  4. News: Jahjah legt intens onbehagen Marokkaanse jongeren bloot. Groen. Janny. Iñaki . Oñorbe Genovesi. 10 March 2003. De Volkskrant. Dutch. 15 September 2016.
  5. News: Palestijnse vlaggen gaan op actiedag bij duizenden uit. 1 July 2002. De Volkskrant. Dutch. 15 September 2016.
  6. Atshan. Sa’ed. 1 October 2021. The Anthropological Rise of Palestine. Journal of Palestine Studies. en. 50. 4. 10. 10.1080/0377919X.2021.1969806. 244661676. 0377-919X.
  7. Book: Meyer. Birgit. Moors. Annelies. Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere. 2005. Indiana UP. 978-0-253-11172-2. 11.
  8. Book: Lionis, Chrisoula. Laughter in Occupied Palestine: Comedy and Identity in Art and Film. 2016. I.B.Tauris. 978-1-78453-288-8. 203.
  9. Book: Kellner, Bruce. Bruce Magnusson. Zahi Zalloua. Spectacle. https://books.google.com/books?id=BdMhCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT71. 2016. U of Washington P. 978-0-295-80616-7. 61. Media Spectacle and the North African Arab Uprisings.
  10. Book: Ritzer. George. Dean. Paul. Globalization: A Basic Text. 2015. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-68712-3. 247.
  11. Book: Fuchs, Christian. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. 2013. SAGE Publications. 978-1-4462-9686-8. 86–93.

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