4th International Conference on Popular Culture in the Middle East and
North Africa
Program Schedule
Day 1 - April 5
Day 2 - April 6
Day 3 - April 7
Day 1 - April 5
Panel 1: Folk Tales – Folk Wisdom
9:00-10:30am
Session Chair: Driss Maghraoui, Al Akhawayn Univesity, School of Humanities
and Social Sciences
| Saber, Ahmed |
The Moroccan Trickster: The Case of Juha |
| Clouser, Melanie |
Kan Juha Wahid al-Nhar: Society and Identity in Oral and Written Moroccan
Juha Tales |
| Dadoua, Nebia |
al-Mithal al-Sha’biy fi Mantiqat Ma’askir |
Coffee Break - 10:30 - 11:00
Resume Panel 1
11:00-12 noon
| Senouci, Saliha |
Malamah al-Mar’ah min Khilal Ba’dh al-Ta’abir al-Sha’biyah |
| Ould Mohameden |
Mohamedu Mawsu’at al-Thaqafah al-Sha’biyyah al-Murutaniyyah:
Taqdim wa Ta’liq |
Lunch - 12:00 noon - 2:30 pm
Opening Ceremony - 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Session Chair: Mohamed Dahbi, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social
Sciences
| Dr. Rachid Ben Mokhtar |
AUI President - Welcome and opening remarks |
| Dr. Mohammed Dahbi |
SHSS Dean - Opening remarks |
| Dr. Nadia Al-Kholy |
American University in Cairo and Cairo University keynote
speech Communication Technologies and Contemporary Culture |
| Dr. Walter Armbrust |
St Antony’s College, Oxford University keynote
speech
An Introduction to Popular Culture in the Modern Middle
East
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Coffee Break 4:00 - 4:30 pm
Panel 2: Media 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Session Chair: Bouziane Zaid, Al Akhawayn University School of Humanities
and Social Sciences
| Bishop, Elizabeth |
Stormy Times: The Tempest as Public Space in the Postcolonial
Arab Middle East and North Africa |
| Abdel-Malek, Kamal |
Satirical Views of America in Popular Egyptian Films and Plays |
| Sadiqi, Fatima |
The Growing Impact of Technology and the Media on the Dynamics of
Popular Culture and Gender in Morocco |