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Gender on Social Media in Egypt
Mary Cross Lecture Hall
AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt
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This lecture is the first of Gender Wednesdays, a series of lectures that mainstream gender and build a culture of inclusiveness at AUC and beyond.
Speakers
Khaled Al Barmawi
Presenter
Borset ElKalam Show - ElQahira Wa ElNas
Khaled Al Barmawi, presenter of Borset ElKalam on ElQahira Wa ElNas which analyses social media trends. He is a senior media development trainer and consultant and over his career has worked with the American University in Cairo, Facebook, GoogleNews Initiative, WAN IFRA WIN and others. He was the Cheif Editor of Masrawy website, co-founded the DotMasr website and over the course of his career has covered information technology and communication events in over 25 countries.
Mervat Abou Oaf
Professor of Practice and Former Chair
The American University in Cairo
Mervat Abou Oaf, Ph.D, is a professor of practice and former chair (2011-2014) of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department (JRMC) at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) at The American University in Cairo (AUC). She received her doctoral degree from the University Autonoma of Barcelona (UAB), Spain, with “Excellent” qualification, in the legislative, regulatory concentration on the film industry in Egypt.
Abou Oaf is an academic and professional educator on undergraduate and graduate levels. She teaches a variety of theoretical and practical disciplines in multimedia journalism and mass communication with a special emphasis on media law, regulations, and policy.