CyberOrient

21/02/2025

https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-iran-targets-women-dissidents-abroad/

From deepfake po*******hy to relentless online harassment, activists are facing a new form of state repression — one that transcends borders

21/12/2024

The new 18 (2) issue of CyberOrient is out!
> https://cyberorient.net/

CyberOrient is archived on AnthroSource:
> https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18043194/

Vol. 18, Iss. 2, 2024

Saudi Young Women : The Online Discourse Against the Male Guardianship System
>Rola Khalid Yousef

Beyond the Screen: Socialization, Community Building, and Interpersonal Connectivity in Bangladesh Through Video Games
>Syed Arman Hossain, Abdullah Al Fahad

Book Review: Zayani, Mohammed, and Joe F. Khalil. 2024. The Digital Double Bind: Change and Stasis in the Middle East. New York: Oxford University Press
>Jon W. Anderson

31/10/2024

The new 18 (1) issue of CyberOrient is out!
> https://cyberorient.net/

CyberOrient is archived on AnthroSource:
> https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18043194

Vol. 18, Iss. 1, 2024

Prayer, Dreams, and S*x: A showcase of an AI-augmented distant reading of 20 thousand e-fatwas
>Jonas Svensson

Who Speaks Tho Fan? Deconstructing the Constructed Language of Jade Empire
>Alesha Serada

Book Review: Heidi A. Campbell. 2020. Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority. Routledge.
>Helena Lipková

22/10/2024

https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/inside-syrias-youtube-scene/?mc_cid=453a075563&mc_eid=28acf66d1b

Those who document the country’s harsh living conditions must contend with international restrictions as well as a police state and limited infrastructure

04/02/2024

https://digitalbritishislam.com/dbi-web-archive-media/?fbclid=IwAR2NqEkzzGA5thaLBTAP5QOqJROkUp4cOF_oVN2HLlqzMi9Zy0VDFOrLOrU

This collection captures Muslim-led media websites especially news platforms, TV channels/services, online radio, podcasts and magazines.

23/12/2023

The new special double issue of CyberOrient is out!
> https://cyberorient.net/

Postcolonialism, Orientalism, and Video Games
Guest edited by Souvik Mukherjee and Zahra Rizvi

CyberOrient is archived on AnthroSource:
> https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18043194

Vol. 17, Iss. 1, 2022

Editorial: Postcolonial Play in the Orient’s Sandbox
> Souvik Mukherjee and Zahra Rizvi

“Raji’s Burden”
> Soraya Murray

How Not to Play an Indian Mythic: Raji: A Modern Fantasy
> Arkabrata Chaudhury, Arunoday Chaudhuri

Review: Mukherjee, Souvik. 2022. Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent. Development, Culture(s) and Representations. Bloomsbury
> Xenia Zeiler

Vol. 17, Iss. 2, 2022

Theoretical and Methodological Framework for Studying Video Games and Orientalism
> Vít Šisler

A Psychoanalysis of Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) in the Context of India 2020–2021
> Achintya Debnath

Comment: Living the American Dream: Playlist GTA in the Third World Country
> Animesh Dhara

Review: Liz Przybylski. 2020. Hybrid Ethnography: Online, Offline, and In Between. SAGE Publications, Inc.
> Anders Ackfeldt

08/08/2023

https://virtuallyislamic.com/vi2023/?fbclid=IwAR3jqG_5g6NNL-3u1FdKdH7elASDI-CgzKoZxvPgS0Fw10CK8pA-62NA3Jk

Mon 20 Muharram 1445AH 7-8-2023AD Morocco, Sport Morocco Football Graham Cornwell, Washington Post, Morocco’s shocking run at the women’s World Cup is already leaving a mark, 7 August 2023 “To some, it’s almost refreshing that the team is... Continue Reading

14/07/2023

https://digitalbritishislam.com/insights/?fbclid=IwAR3_BSioEmHq4bGGzLkotKwkMJvOHbj-nPjrYRi5UaM6n_ftULG8TXTkkH0

Archiving British Muslim Digital Spaces Leave a Comment / Cyber Islamic Environments, Research / By Laura Jones It is often said colloquially that when something is posted online, it becomes permanent – a fixed record that is always there to be referred back to. This can be seen especially in case...

31/05/2023

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/digitalislameurope/?fbclid=IwAR2515mgS90nnHSh_TVuMYn_1O_UYVWfK3Y3L9aw7KF7caZO_RD0b0aVUvE

Welcome to the official website of the multi-country research project ‘Digital Islam across Europe: Understanding Muslims’ Participation in Online Islamic Environments’. This ambitious project explores the social and religious impact of Online Islamic Environments (OIEs) on Europe’s diverse ...

16/12/2022

The new issue of CyberOrient is out!
> https://cyberorient.net/

CyberOrient is now archived on AnthroSource.
> https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18043194

Vol. 16, Iss. 2, 2022

Algerian Youth and the Contestation over Sound on TikTok
> Luca Bruls

Palestinian Youth Engagement with Online Political Contents Shared by Citizen Journalists—The Case of Save Sheikh Jarrah
> Rola Khalid Yousef

Comment: Digital Monitoring as a Threat to Human Mobility
> Mirna Wabi-Sabi

Comment: “All Compressed and Rendered with a Pathetic Delicacy That Astounds the Eye”: Midjourney Renders Ambergris as Constantinople
> Emir Alışık

Review: Brunton, Finn. 2019. Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency. Princeton University Press
> Michaela Slussareff

11/12/2022

https://newlinesmag.com/essays/muslims-in-the-metaverse/

New virtual products like ‘Kaaba glasses’ are raising thorny questions about so-called 'metaworship'

06/12/2022

https://agsiw.org/programs/podcasting-the-middle-east-a-conversation-with-kim-ghattas/

On December 7, AGSIW will host a conversation with Kim Ghattas, host of the new podcast “People Like Us.”

03/11/2022

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q5oqpKx9Qf6YtDBd-rrUSQ

In our world today, any material management project, whether it's documents, photos, heritage items, or sites, needs to include digitization as a fundamental means to attain an effective and secure electronic record system. This involves digital curation, web archiving, information management, acces...

06/10/2022

https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2022/10/6/the-digital-occupation-of-palestine

Essential Middle East examines whether social media companies aid in Israel’s digital occupation of Palestine.

23/09/2022

The new issue of CyberOrient is out!
> https://cyberorient.net/

CyberOrient is now archived on AnthroSource.
> https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18043194

Vol. 16, Iss. 1, 2022

Good Tidings for Saudi Women? Techno-Orientalism, Gender, and Saudi Politics in Global Media Discourse
> Joel W. Abdelmoez

The Role of the Internet in the Formation of Muslim Subjectivity Among Polish Female Converts to Islam
> Anna Piela, Joanna Krotofil, Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska, Beata Abdallah-Krzepkowska

Review: Stein, Rebecca L. 2021. Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine. Stanford University Press
> Omneya Ibrahim

Review: O’Neil, Cathy. 2016. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
> Michaela Slussareff

26/08/2022

https://en.qantara.de/content/saudi-arabia-when-a-tweet-gets-you-34-years-in-prison

The ruling is part of an ongoing clampdown on dissent and minorities in the kingdom. But so far, it's unlikely to have an effect on the kingdom's newly polished image as a global oil provider in times of crisis. Jennifer Holleis reports