Sahar Khamis
Biographic Data
| ID | 8580920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sahar Khamis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sahar |
| FAMILY NAME | Khamis |
| SIGNATURE | KHAMIS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Embodied activism, interculturality, and environmental justice in the Global South
Despite calls for an ecological turn in intercultural communication, critical scholarship on the anthropocentric climate crisis remains limited, particularly from Global South and Indigenous perspectives. Addressing this gap, this study analyzes environmental justice activism through frameworks that interrogate catastrophe colonialism and impacts of imperialist occupation and extractive capitalism. Focusing on Indigenous and Global South activist…
Maternal Health Information Access and Utilization Among African Immigrant Mothers in the United States
The African immigrant population in the United States is consistently rising, making it critical to address their healthcare challenges, particularly concerning maternal healthcare. This study explores how African immigrant mothers in the United States access maternal health information (MHI), its impact on their maternal healthcare experiences, and their capacity to disseminate MHI among their networks. We conducted interviews with 15 participan…
Effective Countering Islamophobia Strategies in the Digital Age: Three Approaches
One of the most serious challenges which is still threatening Muslims globally is the surge in Islamophobia, or negative attitudes and excessive fear towards Islam and Muslims. The digital age became a double-edged sword when it comes to the threat of Islamophobia. On one hand, it opened the door for anti-Muslim campaigns to spread widely and quickly online. On the other hand, it provided modern Muslims with much-needed opportunities to resist su…
Rise and Fall of the Reformer Topos? Presidents, Alliance Politics, and the Paradoxical Reinvention of Middle East Autocrats as Agents of Change
The United States and Middle East autocracies do not make for the most natural of allies. One of the most common rhetorical tactics used to defend these alliances is to portray the ruler in question as a reformer who is steering his country into alignment with American sociopolitical norms. We argue that this tactic emerged out of realist assessments of foreign policy during the Cold War. However, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's…
Shifting Cyberfeminism and Gendered Activisms in the Gulf: A Saudi Feminist Spring
This qualitative feminist study sheds light on women’s shifting identities, struggles, and resistances in the most conservative Gulf state, Saudi Arabia, unpacking the shifting socio-political and mediated environments in this country and their impact on gendered activism. Through conducting in-depth interviews with ten Saudi women activists, journalists, and writers, this study investigates Saudi women’s multiple feminisms and activisms, as they…
Gary R. Bunt, Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority
Reviewed by: Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority by Gary R. Bunt Sahar Khamis Gary R. Bunt, Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018) The question of religious authority in Islam, commonly referred to as “who speaks for Islam,” has been receiving more attention and added visibility in recent years due to …
In Their Own Voice: Technologically mediated empowerment and transformation among young Arab women
This feminist, qualitative study sheds light on how young Arab women used cyberactivism to participate in the wave of political and social transformations widely known as the Arab Spring. It argues that these activists leveraged social media to enact new forms of leadership, agency, and empowerment, since these online platforms enabled them to express themselves freely and their voices to be heard by the rest of the world, particularly the global…
The New Arab Cyberscape Redefining Boundaries and Reconstructing Public Spheres
This chapter analyzes the new Arab media landscape, with a special focus on the growing influence of the Internet in redefining boundaries and reconstructing public spheres in contemporary Arab societies. This includes: preserving authentic cultural norms and religious values while opening the door for more modern and liberal influences; appealing to a pan-Arab audience with its own regional interests and cultural specificities while addressing a…
In Their Own Voice: Technologically mediated empowerment and transformation among young Arab women
This feminist, qualitative study sheds light on how young Arab women used cyberactivism to participate in the wave of political and social transformations widely known as the Arab Spring. It argues that these activists leveraged social media to enact new forms of leadership, agency, and empowerment, since these online platforms enabled them to express themselves freely and their voices to be heard by the rest of the world, particularly the global…
The New Arab Cyberscape Redefining Boundaries and Reconstructing Public Spheres
This chapter analyzes the new Arab media landscape, with a special focus on the growing influence of the Internet in redefining boundaries and reconstructing public spheres in contemporary Arab societies. This includes: preserving authentic cultural norms and religious values while opening the door for more modern and liberal influences; appealing to a pan-Arab audience with its own regional interests and cultural specificities while addressing a…
In Their Own Voice: Technologically mediated empowerment and transformation among young Arab women
This feminist, qualitative study sheds light on how young Arab women used cyberactivism to participate in the wave of political and social transformations widely known as the Arab Spring. It argues that these activists leveraged social media to enact new forms of leadership, agency, and empowerment, since these online platforms enabled them to express themselves freely and their voices to be heard by the rest of the world, particularly the global…
Gary R. Bunt, Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority
Reviewed by: Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority by Gary R. Bunt Sahar Khamis Gary R. Bunt, Hashtag Islam: How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018) The question of religious authority in Islam, commonly referred to as “who speaks for Islam,” has been receiving more attention and added visibility in recent years due to …
Shifting Cyberfeminism and Gendered Activisms in the Gulf: A Saudi Feminist Spring
This qualitative feminist study sheds light on women’s shifting identities, struggles, and resistances in the most conservative Gulf state, Saudi Arabia, unpacking the shifting socio-political and mediated environments in this country and their impact on gendered activism. Through conducting in-depth interviews with ten Saudi women activists, journalists, and writers, this study investigates Saudi women’s multiple feminisms and activisms, as they…
Effective Countering Islamophobia Strategies in the Digital Age: Three Approaches
One of the most serious challenges which is still threatening Muslims globally is the surge in Islamophobia, or negative attitudes and excessive fear towards Islam and Muslims. The digital age became a double-edged sword when it comes to the threat of Islamophobia. On one hand, it opened the door for anti-Muslim campaigns to spread widely and quickly online. On the other hand, it provided modern Muslims with much-needed opportunities to resist su…
Rise and Fall of the Reformer Topos? Presidents, Alliance Politics, and the Paradoxical Reinvention of Middle East Autocrats as Agents of Change
The United States and Middle East autocracies do not make for the most natural of allies. One of the most common rhetorical tactics used to defend these alliances is to portray the ruler in question as a reformer who is steering his country into alignment with American sociopolitical norms. We argue that this tactic emerged out of realist assessments of foreign policy during the Cold War. However, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's…
Maternal Health Information Access and Utilization Among African Immigrant Mothers in the United States
The African immigrant population in the United States is consistently rising, making it critical to address their healthcare challenges, particularly concerning maternal healthcare. This study explores how African immigrant mothers in the United States access maternal health information (MHI), its impact on their maternal healthcare experiences, and their capacity to disseminate MHI among their networks. We conducted interviews with 15 participan…
Embodied activism, interculturality, and environmental justice in the Global South
Despite calls for an ecological turn in intercultural communication, critical scholarship on the anthropocentric climate crisis remains limited, particularly from Global South and Indigenous perspectives. Addressing this gap, this study analyzes environmental justice activism through frameworks that interrogate catastrophe colonialism and impacts of imperialist occupation and extractive capitalism. Focusing on Indigenous and Global South activist…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Cyberspace (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Islam (3 works)