Dramatizing Damascus: The Cultural Politics of Arab Television Production in the Satellite Era

The Syrian capital of Damascus has become a major center of Arab television drama production, with an average of forty miniseries filmed in, and often about the city each year. Dramatic depictions of Damascus reach vast audiences via a growing number of pan-Arab satellite stations, sparking acclaim and controversy. By evoking the city’s past and present, society and culture, Syrian television creators both challenge and accommodate the cultural politics of an Islamizing, transnational Arab public sphere.

The lecture will be held in English.

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