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3/13/09
Story by Peggy Graham

Scholar discusses media in Islamic world

Mohammed Ibahrine

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Mohammed Ibahrine, assistant professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, will be the Johnson County Community College scholar in residence  April 13-17. Ibahrine will give two free public lectures:

• U.S. Public Diplomacy Toward Islamic Countries: New Realities, Old Challenges?, 7  p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in the M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Auditorium of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. A reception precedes the event from 6-7 p.m. in the Atrium.
• New Media and Neo-Islamism, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 16, Hudson Auditorium.

Ibahrine is the author of the 2007 book, New Media and Neo-Islamism: New Media's Impact on the Political Culture in the Islamic Word. He recently participated as a member of the preliminary group of the High Level Expert Group who contributed to the Global Strategic Report of the International Telecommunications Union.

Ibahrine has a doctorate in international relations and international communication from Hamburg University.

Ibahrine’s residency is sponsored by Karen Schory, professor, interactive media; Stephanie Sabato, professor, graphic design; and Carolyn Kadel, professor and program facilitator, International Education. U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant money for Islamic studies will be used to help fund this residency. For more information, contact Schory at kschory@jccc.edu.