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Simon Fraser University professor Ahmed Al-Rawi discusses the media literacy laboratory he co-founded at the Lebanese American University in Beiruit and his research into how to understand and counter the rise in political polarization and violence worldwide. He is interviewed by Spencer Graves.
Al-Rawi is the author or co-author of a dozen books in the last dozen years plus co-editor of three others and author of dozens of articles. Most of his publications describe the increase in political polarization and violence worldwide in recent decades and what might be done to counter it. His research has focused primarily on the Arab World and on Canada. At Simon Fraser and elsewhere he has taught classes on media, communications, democracy and power.
Al-Rawi is currently an Associate Professor of News, Social Media & Public Communication in the School of Communication, Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has previously taught at other universities in Canada as well as in the Netherlands and in Oman. Twenty years ago he worked as a freelance radio journalist for the Pacifica Radio Network and before that as a translator for Iraq National Television, Baghdad, Iraq.
Copyright 2024, Ahmed Al-Rawi and Spencer Graves
