In the 21 Arab countries and the Kurdish regions of Iraq and Syria, there are various types of media, and they play important roles in social and political change in those countries and contribute to enriching the Arab and Kurdish culture. The media contributed to the Arab Spring revolutions that started in Tunisia in 2010 and spread to Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, and changed many political systems.
Also, the media in the Arab countries faces competition from the media in the Arabic language of other countries such as BBC in Arabic, France 24 in Arabic, DW in Arabic, CNN in Arabic, TRT in Arabic, ALHURRA in Arabic, Iranian world channel in Arabic and RT in Arabic. The curriculum aims to explain media systems in Arab countries, the mechanism of media work in Arab countries, the obstacles they encounter, and their role in dealing with many issues of importance, such as climate, migration, epidemics, and religious extremism.
The students of the Institute of Media Science (Institut fur Medienwissenschaft) will be able to understand the structure of Arab media in many Arab countries: Iraq, Syria, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, and Lebanon, and the structure of the Kurdish media in Iraq and Syria, as well as they, will be able to recognize about the reality of the media and its relationship to politics. Economy, society, and the independence of the media.
- Kursleiter/in: Habeeb Ibrahim