Miriyam Aouragh (Amsterdam, 18 November 1972) is a Dutch Palestinian liberation activist and academic who commentates on social media and internet activism. She is Professor at the University of Westminster. [1]
Miriyam Aouragh (Amsterdam, 18 November 1972) is a Dutch Palestinian liberation activist and academic who commentates on social media and internet activism. She is Professor at the University of Westminster. [1]
Aouragh was born to parents who had migrated to the Netherlands from Morocco. In the early 2000s, she was a student of virtual communities in Palestine, [2] a member of the International Socialists, [3] and active in Amsterdam as an activist for Moroccan youth [4] and the Palestinian cause. [5] [6] She got her doctorate in cultural anthropology (including such topics as "Palestine in Cyberspace" [7] ) from the University of Amsterdam in 2008; her dissertation, Palestine Online, studied internet activism in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon, and was published in 2011. [8] She published on the use of the internet and social media during the Egyptian revolution of 2011, [9] and her work on social media is cited in educational books. [10] [11]
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn, was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List in 2002.
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