What part did social media play in Egypt's revolutionary uprising in 2011? How did the output from those who used social media, along with blogs and online radio outlets, stimulate action against the former government?
These are questions taken up by Naomi Sakr, professor of media policy at Westminster university's communication and media research institute (CAMRI), in her new book, Transformations in Egyptian Journalism*.
She will explain more at a Frontline Club discussion on 5 February. The other speakers will be Walter Armbrust, lecturer in modern Middle Eastern studies at Oxford university, and Mustafa Menshawy, formerly the Cairo-based BBC Arabic service correspondent.
It begins at 7pm. Attendance is free but registration, here, is essential. Source: Frontline Club *Published by IB Tauris next week
