Historian of media, pop culture, and the Middle East; senior lecturer @dartmouth; author of "Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt"; founder of “Ideas to Ink”; andrewgsimon.com
Andrew Simon
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من أجمل ما قرأته عن إعلام الجماهير. ألف شكر يا أحمد عبد الباسط صديق على القراءة العميقة دي اللي تتناول فكرة أرشيف الظل و سلطة الكاسيت و كيف نقدر نكتب الماضي القريب من جديد. انبسطت لما شفت البوست ده و أنا متشكر اوي لجهودك
Final projects are due for my courses today and the array of topics is simply astounding. Students critically explored everything from culinary culture in the Ottoman Empire to oil and governance in Bahrain to the politics of aid in Gaza. Their work never ceases to inspire me.
Yesterday, one of my students presented their brilliant senior honors thesis on Queer performance and activism in Lebanon and Kuwait. The archive Brennan assembled and analyzed was astounding. 1/4
In many conversations on education we often hear about students but we rarely hear from them. This absence inspired me to ask a question. What can students teach us about education today? I'd welcome your thoughts on the resulting paper, which can be found here: tinyurl.com/3reyx8ep
Andrew Simon
Later this year, “Media of the Masses” will debut in Persian! To have this story exist in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian exceeds my wildest dreams.
Later this year, “Media of the Masses” will debut in Persian! To have this story exist in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian exceeds my wildest dreams.
“I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all these years, to me the word ‘home’ has only one meaning: Iran.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...
