About Abeer AlNajjar

Abeer Al-Najjar is an Associate Professor of Media and Journalism Studies at the American University of Sharjah. Abeer was a Visiting Scholar at the Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design (2018–19) and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre (2016–17). Abeer is an Editorial Board Member of Journalism Studies and International Journal of Communication. She was the Dean of the Jordan Media Institute in Amman from 2011–12. Received her PhD in International Journalism from the University of Edinburgh. Abeer has published two books and several articles and book chapters on media, society and politics. She is the leader of the MENA INDEX for Critical Media Literacy.