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Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age, written by Tarek El-Ariss.

El-Ariss organizes the chapter around the case of Wael Abbas, the Egyptian activist-blogger who was one of the first to post videos online of Egyptian police brutality. In the latter three chapters, El-Ariss focuses more on the reading of particular texts, which include Twitter feeds, novels, and th...

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Published in:Journal of Arabic Literature Vol. 52; no. 1/2; pp. 283 - 288
Main Author: Limbrick, Peter
Format: Book Review
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2021
Subjects:
Culture
Scandals
Arabs
Computer hacking
Digital media
Leaks (Disclosure of information)
Digital humanities
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:El-Ariss organizes the chapter around the case of Wael Abbas, the Egyptian activist-blogger who was one of the first to post videos online of Egyptian police brutality. In the latter three chapters, El-Ariss focuses more on the reading of particular texts, which include Twitter feeds, novels, and the discourse around and about them.