Abeer Al-Najjar

Biographic Data

ID6177067
NAMEAbeer Al-Najjar
GIVEN NAMESAbeer
FAMILY NAMEAl-Najjar
SIGNATUREAL-NAJJAR A
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Media Communication, The American University of Sharjah
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Gaza as diagnostic: Genocide, power, and the unraveling of the Global North

    I Fraihat, Abeer Al-Najjar et al.ARTICLEThird World Quarterly2026

  • Media literacy and critical media engagements in the Arab world

    Abeer Al-Najjar, Sohail DahdalARTICLEJournal of Arab & Muslim Media…2026References: 5

    This study explores the extent to which young people (aged 17–25) in the Arab world understand and use media critically. Using a mixed-methods approach, it analyses both quantitative survey data and qualitative focus group discussions. The survey, available in Arabic and English, was conducted across universities in the region, yielding 1255 valid responses. Additionally, ten focus groups were held in seven Arab countries, with more than 200 part…

  • Western media’s ethical collapse: Silencing Gaza’s voice

    Open AccessAbeer Al-Najjar, Abeer Al‐Najjar et al.ARTICLEThird World Quarterly2025References: 59

  • Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings

    Abeer Al-Najjar, Mohamed Zayani et al.BOOKBullets and Bulletins2016

    "Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings takes a sobering and holistic look at the intersections between media and politics before, during, and in the reverberations of the Arab uprisings. The strength of this volume lies in its multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, with the research backed up by in-depth and rigorous case studies of the key countries of the Arab Spring. The uprisings were accompanied by pr…

  • Contesting Patriotism and Global Journalism Ethics in Arab Journalism

    Abeer Al-Najjar, Abeer Al‐NajjarARTICLEJournalism Studies2011Cited by: 4References: 8

    Journalists’ understanding of patriotism seems to be contextual, varies across time and depends on specific cultural and political situations. This paper investigates how global ethical journalism standards of impartiality and objectivity are challenged by patriotism among Arab journalists. It discusses two case studies: the coverage of Al-Jazeera news channel of the War on Gaza and the Egyptian media coverage of the aftermath of the World Cup qu…