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Marwan M. Kraidy
@mkraidy.bsky.social
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Author, Teacher, Partner, Leader, Dean & CEO
@nuqatar.bsky.social, Founder @iasnuq.bsky.social, Professor
@northwesternu, Board Chair @ACLS1919 Board Member
& @AnnenbergCARGC & @Casar_Aub

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Marwan M. Kraidy is the Dean & CEO of Northwestern University in Qatar, the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Cultures, and co-founder of its flagship research institute, the Institute for Advanced Study of the Global South (#IAS_NUQ). .. more

Political science 45%
Sociology 37%
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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 1d
Your last reminder that the @iasnuq.bsky.social @nuqatar.bsky.social is hosting a fabulous pre-conference, "Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on media and Culture" @icahdq.bsky.social #ICA26 in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 3, 2026.

www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias...
ICA 2026 Preconference
Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on Media and Culture: Forging New Directions for Research
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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning #Doha

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you @zidani.bsky.social Ada Petiwala
Harsha Man Maharjan Ayesha Omer Mariam Karim and @bilgeyesil.bsky.social. My utmost gratitude goes to my colleague Clovis Bergere for his effective and thoughtful leadership & everyone at @iasnuq.bsky.social and @nuqatar.bsky.social who helped!

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 5d
Together, contributions move beyond the critique of Western-centric epistemologies to propose new ways of understanding digital life that arise from the region’s own histories, networks, and intellectual traditions.

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 5d
This grew through events in Australia, Lebanon, New Zealand, Qatar, & the United States. Through the prism of the digital, we reconceptualize Asia as a dynamic, interconnected formation defined by relationships & divergences rather than fixed cultural or geopolitical boundaries.

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 5d
I am thrilled to see “From interAsian to transAsian digitalities” out:

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This issue of First Monday is the culmination of @iasnuq.bsky.social 's #InterAsianDigitalities initiative in partnership with #ACSS
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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 5d
Good morning #Doha

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 6d
Congratulations both!

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NPR @npr.org · 7d
A new show at Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the origins and development of street art. What began in the 1970s with teenagers tagging New York subway cars has grown into a worldwide art movement. n.pr/44J1CFs
From subways to galleries: Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the appeal of street art
A new show at Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the origins and development of street art. What began in the 1970s with teenagers tagging New York subway cars has grown into a worldwide art movement.
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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 8d
Today’s #QahwaPause is having a ball

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Northwestern Qatar @nuqatar.bsky.social · 9d
Watch highlights from the NU-Q Global South Lecture featuring renowned communication scholar Andrea Medrado, hosted by #IAS_NUQ. In her talk,
"Favel IA: South-to-South Dialogues on Digital Colonialism, Participation and Justice,' Medrado unpacked the tensions. of digital technologies like Al.

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 12d
Another forum where the @nuqatar.bsky.social community shone brightly—thank you to my colleagues Venus Jin, Sam Meekings, Spencer Striker, @marcowenjones.bsky.social & Wajdi Zaghouani, in addition to all the NUQ staff, faculty, and students who played supportive roles at the #WISE12Summit
nuqatar.bsky.social Northwestern Qatar @nuqatar.bsky.social · 13d
Northwestern University in Qatar wrapped an expanded engagement at WISE 12 Summit, where faculty, students, and
§cholars contributed to conversations on the intersection of education, technology, and human values.

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Northwestern Qatar @nuqatar.bsky.social · 13d
Northwestern University in Qatar wrapped an expanded engagement at WISE 12 Summit, where faculty, students, and
§cholars contributed to conversations on the intersection of education, technology, and human values.

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 18d
This week our Qatari students organized a beautiful #QatarNationalDay celebration in the inner courtyard of our beautiful @nuqatar.bsky.social campus. Food, music, dance, fashion, and of course, the baby falcon! #NUQProud of our Qatari students for showing community at its best

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 18d
Today’s #qahwapause is halo-wed

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