In this talk, Dr Lina Khatib, Dr Dina Matar, and Dr Atef Alshaer will present their most recent book, 'The Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication'. In this book, the authors address how Hizbullah uses image, language and its charismatic leader, Hassan Nasrallah, to legitimise its political aims and ideology and appeal to different target groups.
Event Details
Speakers: Dr Lina Khatib, Carnegie Middle East Center; Dr Dina Matar, SOAS; Dr Atef Alshaer, University of Westminster
Chair: Dr Filippo Dionigi, LSE
Date: Tuesday 2 December 2014
Time: 18.30 - 20.00
Location: Wolfson Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, New Academic Building, LSE
Event Hashtag: #LSEHezbollah
Attendance: This event is free and open to all on a first come first served basis. Our events are very well attended, please make sure to arrive early. We cannot guarantee entry.
Speakers
Dr Lina Khatib is Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and research associate at the Centre for Media Studies at SOAS. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.
Dr Dina Matar is Senior Lecturer in Arab Media and Political Communication at SOAS. Her research looks at the relationship between politics, culture and communication in the Arab world, especially in discourses of power and resistance.
Dr Atef Alshaer is Lecturer in Arabic Language and Culture at the University of Westminster. He is also a member of the Palestine Studies Centre and The Middle East Institute in London at SOAS.