Mohammad Ayish Author

Mohammad Ayish is professor of communication at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. He served as Dean of the College of Communication at the University of Sharjah from 2002-2008. He has over 60 published articles and book chapters on Arab satellite television, media and democratization, development communication, Arab-Islamic communication perspectives. His most recently published books include Arab Media (co-author, 2011) and The New Arab Public Sphere (2008). Noha Mellor is professor of media at Bedfordshire University, UK. She’s the author of several volumes about Arab media, including The Making of Arab News (2005), Modern Arab Journalism (2007), Arab Journalists in Transnational Media (2011) and Arab Media (co-author, 2011).