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'''Adel Iskandar''' (aka '''Adel Iskandar Farag''') (born 15 March 1977) is a [[United Kingdom|British]]-born [[Middle East]] media scholar, [[postcolonial]] theorist, analyst,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=HJ3CH1G1|title=Egyptenaren slaan rood alarm: Onvrede over militaire junta groeit|last=Cock|first=Jorn de|date=9 July 2011|work=[[De Standaard]]|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> and academic. He is the author and co-author of several works on Arab media, most prominently an analysis of the Arab satellite station [[Al Jazeera]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/12/arab_media|title=Fallujah anticlimax|last=Boehlert|first=Eric|date=12 November 2004|work=[[Salon.com]]|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref>
'''Adel Iskandar''' (aka '''Adel Iskandar Farag''') (born 15 March 1977) is a [[United Kingdom|British]]-born [[Middle East]] media scholar, [[postcolonial]] theorist, analyst,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=HJ3CH1G1|title=Egyptenaren slaan rood alarm: Onvrede over militaire junta groeit|last=Cock|first=Jorn de|date=9 July 2011|work=[[De Standaard]]|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> and academic. He is the author and co-author of several works on Arab media, most prominently an analysis of the Arab satellite station [[Al Jazeera]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/12/arab_media|title=Fallujah anticlimax|last=Boehlert|first=Eric|date=12 November 2004|work=[[Salon.com]]|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref>


Born to an Egyptian family of physicians in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]], he grew up in [[Kuwait]], escaping the Iraqi invasion and the 1991 [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]. At the age of 16, he moved to [[Canada]] where he earned his degree in [[Social Anthropology]] and [[Biology]] from [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. He later earned a masters in [[Communications]] from [[Purdue University Calumet]] in [[Hammond, Indiana]] and a Ph.D. from the [[University of Kentucky]].
Born to an Egyptian family of physicians in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]], he grew up in [[Kuwait]], escaping the Iraqi invasion and the 1991 [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]. At the age of 16, he moved to [[Canada]] where he earned his degree in [[Social Anthropology]] and [[Biology]] from [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]. He later earned a masters in [[Communications]] from [[Purdue University Calumet]] in [[Hammond, Indiana]] and a Ph.D. from the [[University of Kentucky]].


He proposes the concept of "[[contextual objectivity]]" as a critique of media's coverage of war. <ref>{{cite journal|last=el-Nawawy & Iskandar|title=The Minotaur of 'Contextual Objectivity': War coverage and the pursuit of accuracy with appeal|journal=Transnational Broadcasting Journal|date=Fall/Winter 2002|volume=9|url=http://www.tbsjournal.com/Archives/Fall02/Iskandar.html}}</ref> He writes a regular column for Egyptian independent newspaper ''[[Almasry Alyoum]]'', and teaches in the Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) program as well as the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at [[Georgetown University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-02-28/news/28637707_1_moammar-gadhafi-diaspora-fortress|title=Twitter and other services create cracks in Gadhafi's media fortress|last=Timpane|first=John|date=28 February 2011|work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref>
He proposes the concept of "[[contextual objectivity]]" as a critique of media's coverage of war.<ref>{{cite journal|last=el-Nawawy & Iskandar|title=The Minotaur of 'Contextual Objectivity': War coverage and the pursuit of accuracy with appeal|journal=Transnational Broadcasting Journal|date=Fall–Winter 2002|volume=9|url=http://www.tbsjournal.com/Archives/Fall02/Iskandar.html}}</ref> He writes a regular column for Egyptian independent newspaper ''[[Almasry Alyoum]]'', and teaches in the Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) program as well as the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at [[Georgetown University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/2011-02-28/news/28637707_1_moammar-gadhafi-diaspora-fortress|title=Twitter and other services create cracks in Gadhafi's media fortress|last=Timpane|first=John|date=28 February 2011|work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref>


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Adel Iskandar (aka Adel Iskandar Farag) (born 15 March 1977) is a British-born Middle East media scholar, postcolonial theorist, analyst,[1] and academic. He is the author and co-author of several works on Arab media, most prominently an analysis of the Arab satellite station Al Jazeera.[2]

Born to an Egyptian family of physicians in Edinburgh, Scotland, he grew up in Kuwait, escaping the Iraqi invasion and the 1991 Persian Gulf War. At the age of 16, he moved to Canada where he earned his degree in Social Anthropology and Biology from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He later earned a masters in Communications from Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, Indiana and a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky.

He proposes the concept of "contextual objectivity" as a critique of media's coverage of war.[3] He writes a regular column for Egyptian independent newspaper Almasry Alyoum, and teaches in the Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) program as well as the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University.[4]

Works

  • Author: Egypt In Flux: Essays on an Unfinished Revolution (forthcoming, 2013)
  • Co-editor: Mediating the Arab Uprisings (2012) Tadween Publishing.
  • Co-editor: Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation (2010), ISBN 0-5202-5890-8
  • Co-author: Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism (2003), ISBN 0-8133-4149-3

References

  1. ^ Cock, Jorn de (9 July 2011). "Egyptenaren slaan rood alarm: Onvrede over militaire junta groeit". De Standaard. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  2. ^ Boehlert, Eric (12 November 2004). "Fallujah anticlimax". Salon.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  3. ^ el-Nawawy & Iskandar (Fall–Winter 2002). "The Minotaur of 'Contextual Objectivity': War coverage and the pursuit of accuracy with appeal". Transnational Broadcasting Journal. 9.
  4. ^ Timpane, John (28 February 2011). "Twitter and other services create cracks in Gadhafi's media fortress". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

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