Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives

Arabic Glitch explores an alternative origin story of twenty-first century technological innovation in digital politics—one centered on the Middle East and the 2011 Arab uprisings. Developed from an archive of social media data collected over the decades following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, this book interrogates how the logic of programming technology influences and shapes social movements.

Reviews

Mende, Tugrul. “Rezension ‘Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives’” dis:orient, October 06, 2023.

Jadaliyya Editors. “Laila Shereen Sakr, Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives (New Texts Out Now)” Jadaliyya, September 21, 2023.

Butt, Usman, host. “The Arab World, the real Silicon Valley? MEMO in Conversation with Laila Shereen Sakr” MEMO Conversations Series, Middle East Monitor, August 23, 2023.

Muhanna, Mikey, host. “The Arab World & The Digital Age” Afikra Conversations, episode 357, Afikra, August 2, 2023.

El Amine, Zein, producer. “Shay Wah Nana” WPFW 89.3 FM, Washington, DC, July 19, 2023.