Voice of the Muslim Brotherhood

Salema Idris Ahmed Announcement
Location
United Kingdom
Subject Fields
Arabic History / Studies, Journalism and Media Studies, Middle East History / Studies, Political Science, Social Sciences

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming event Voice of the Muslim Brotherhood at the Aga Khan University-Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations on Thursday 1 March 2018.

Abstract
Despite the burgeoning literature about the Muslim Brotherhood movement, there is little information available regarding its most strategic tool - media and communication. This lecture draws on an extensive study into the communication strategy of the group, focusing on published periodicals, biographies and websites that represent the voice of the Brotherhood. In this study, Noha Mellor argues that rhetoric and discourse are integral elements in the process of sustaining the image of the Brotherhood as a legitimate society, communicated via the Brotherhood’s media - whether print, broadcasting or digital. Through analysing the Brotherhood media, an exploration can be made on how this movement not only appropriates but also negotiates its interpretation of past and current events, and the way its members create shared meanings, which binds them as an “interpretive community” or a community that shares its own conventions of creating and conveying its own identity, including shared understanding of its history, mission and role in society.

Speaker
Dr Noha Mellor is Professor of Media at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, and adjunct professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. She is the author of several books about Arab media and culture.

Time and Venue
Thursday 1 March 2018, 18.00 - 19.30
The Aga Khan University-Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
210 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2DA (Multipurpose Room, 1st floor)

Booking
This event is free but booking is essential: 
To attend in person, please click here.
To attend online, please click here.

Contact Information

Layal Mohamamd 
Coordinator, Marketing, Communications and Professional Programmes
Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (ISMC)
Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom
210 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DA

 

Contact Email
layal.n.mohammad@aku.edu