Miriyam Aouragh

Miriyam Aouragh (Amsterdam, 18 November 1972) is a Dutch anthropologist who specializes in social media and internet activism.

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,[1] a member of the International Socialists,[2] and active in Amsterdam as an activist for Moroccan youth[3] and the Palestinian cause.[4] She got her doctorate in cultural anthropology (including such topics as "Palestine in Cyberspace"[5]) from the University of Amsterdam in 2008; her dissertation, Palestine Online, studied internet activism in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon, and was published in 2011.[6] She published on the use of the internet and social media during the Egyptian revolution of 2011,[7] and her work on social media is cited in educational books.[8][9]

References

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

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