Hatim El-Hibri, "Speaking as the People"

Hatim El-Hibri is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at George Mason University. His research and teaching interests focus on global and transnational media and the visual culture of the Middle East, and the historical entanglement of media technology and institutions with the production and contestation of urban space. He is currently working on a book tentatively titled 'Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure.' Prior to joining George Mason, he taught at the American University of Beirut. His writing has appeared in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, the International Journal of Communication, and the Arab World Geographer. He holds a Ph.D in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University.