User:Abulubada/IDS 152: Youth and New Media in the Middle East

This course explores the manifold ways in which Arab youth chart the course of social and political change in the Middle East through the use of new media and modern technologies. Discussions focus on the challenges Arab youth face in their 21st-century, globalized environments, and on their engagement with their regimes and societies, particularly in the context of the Arab Spring. Arab youth’s artistic and political expressions of voice and agency are approached as a barometer for the transformations in the region.

Students will collaborate to write a new article in groups, as well as make significant individual contributions to an existing of their choice. Articles will in some way intersect with the broader themes of Arab media and youth culture.