Amel

Amel is scraping together the monthly allowance sent by her parents and emptying her savings account to pay for it.

Muslim Women Go to France to Regain Their Virginity | Impact Lab 2007

Amel Pain/European Pressphoto Agency An Egyptian voter chose from candidates at a polling station in Cairo.

High Turnout in Second Day of Vote 2011

I discussed these ethnographic observations with my colleague at USC, VJ Um Amel, creator of the virtual lab R-Shief, whose cutting edge cultural analytics research of Tweets and Facebook updates reveals that the three most popular words used to describe the uprisings in MENA are: karama, thawra and haqooq dignity, revolution and rights.

Maytha Alhassen: Please Reconsider the Term "Arab Spring" Maytha Alhassen 2012

The inadequate fitting of the straitjacketed terminology clothed and tailored by Western media became explicitly clear to me after touring MENA this past summer, through learning about USC researcher VJ Um Amel's cultural analytics of social media activity around the Arab region, and in the process of co-editing a book on the Arab Revolutions.

Maytha Alhassen: Please Reconsider the Term "Arab Spring" Maytha Alhassen 2012

The inadequate fitting of the straitjacketed terminology clothed and tailored by Western media became explicitly clear to me after touring MENA this past summer, through learning about USC researcher VJ Um Amel's cultural analytics of social media activity around the Arab region, and in the process of co-editing a book on the Arab Revolutions.

Maytha Alhassen: Please Reconsider the Term "Arab Spring" Maytha Alhassen 2012

Amel Emric/Associated Press A man broke up the ice on the surface of a lake to get water for animals near Tuzla, north of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Tuesday.

Cold Spell Freezes Eastern Europe 2012

Amel Pain/EPA A woman read prayers while standing at Mount Mercy.

The Way to Mecca 2011

Amel Pain/European Pressphoto Agency An Egyptian judge explained to a voter that she had to choose from both the individual list and the group list at a polling station in Cairo.

High Turnout in Second Day of Vote 2011

Abkhazian soprano Hibla Gerzmava is in full and generous voice as the conniving Vitellia, and Canadian mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy is an earnest Annio well-paired with Franco-Algerian soprano Amel Brahim-Djellous, who is just as enchanting and beautifully-sung a Servilia here as she was at the Aix Festival in July.

Dark and Light Brilliance Judy Fayard 2011

I discussed these ethnographic observations with my colleague at USC, VJ Um Amel, creator of the virtual lab R-Shief, whose cutting edge cultural analytics research of Tweets and Facebook updates reveals that the three most popular words used to describe the uprisings in MENA are: karama, thawra and haqooq dignity, revolution and rights.

Maytha Alhassen: Please Reconsider the Term "Arab Spring" Maytha Alhassen 2012