The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Media and Communication in the Middle East and North Africa

 1. Introduction.- Section 1 Gender identities and sexualities.- 2. Loving Daughters, Devoted Sons and Kissing Protestors Online: Navigating Intimacy and Multiple Aspects of the Self among Young Facebook Users in Egypt.- 3. Making Visible the Unseen Queer: Gay Dating Apps and Ideologies of Truthmaking in an Outing Campaign in Morocco.- 4. Queer Resistance and Activism in Upon the Shadow.- 5. Saudi Women in the Mohammed bin Salman Era: Examining the Paradigm Shift.- Section 2: Gender and Activism.- 6. Mothering the protest: Gender performativity as a communication mechanism in the Iraqi protest movement.- 7. Iraq's October Revolution: Between Structures of Patriarchy and Emotion.- 8. Blogging in the pre-war Syria. Female Voices from within and Authoritarian regime and patriarchal society.- 9. Syrian women in the digital sphere.- 10. Following in Gezi's steps: Women's activism after the Gezi protests.- 11. Egypt's #Metoo in the Shadow of Revolution: Digital Activism and the Demobilization of the Sexual Harassment Movement.- Section 3: The Gender of Politics.- 12. Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: The Role of Women's Magazines.- 13. Oman's women and in the media navigating political and social powers: Females' Election campaigns versus traditional media.- 14. The Intersection of Politics, Gender, and Media: Female Politicians in Popular Israeli Women's Magazines.- 15. Seizing the Opportunity: Political Participation of Libyan Women and their Partaking in Communication Platforms.-16. Facebook's Role in Empowering Egyptian Women During COVID-19: Case of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections.-  Section 4: Gender-Based Violence.- 17. Digital Intimacy and Violence in Contemporary Libya.- 18. Palestinian women's digital activism against gender-based violence: Navigating transnational and social media spaces.-

Loubna H. Skalli is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Washington Program, Washington DC, USA. She has subject area expertise in the politics of development, youth, gender, and communication in MENA. 



Nahed Eltantawy is Professor of journalism and Associate Dean in the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication at High Point University, USA. Her subject area expertise includes media representation, gender issues, social media activism, Middle East media, critical and cultural studies.