Refugee Studies

[afabos]

Refugee Research Centre
at the University of East London

SEMINAR:
Cyber Intifada and
the Construction of Online Identity

speaker: Miriyam Aouragh
University of Amsterdam

Wednesday 1 November, 3pm
Room EB.G.08 (off Atrium)
 
all welcome

Miriyam Aouragh has worked in refugee communities in Palestine and Lebanon.
Her research focuses on the use of new media in Palestinian resistance, in particular
on the use of Internet cafes and ICT-based communication to and from Palestine.

Miriyam’s research aims at studying Palestinian internet actors as producers and
consumers, and on new possibilities for mobility, interactivity, empowerment and
grassroots activism.

http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.aouragh/ <http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.aouragh/>