Beehive: Middle East Social Media

Beehive is a product of the Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk (MENAD), which studies noteworthy trends on Arab, Turkish, and Iranian social media. Beehive positions these trends within a broader context and provides an up-to-date perspective on issues that are being actively discussed by the people of the region. Advanced tools allow the Center's researchers to focus only on discussions that are significant in terms of their duration as well as the number of participants. It is edited by Dr. Harel Chorev, Dr. Joel Parker and Smadar Shaul. Between March 2019 - April 2020 Beehive was published only in Hebrew.

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Reflections of the Rohingya in the Online Jihadi Propaganda

Date

March 25, 2021

In this issue of BeeHive, Ariel Koch analyzes the Jihadist propaganda directed to the Muslim population of Myanmar, including the social media discourse.

Boğaziçi University Demonstrations: Will Erdoğan be Able to Blow the Secular Bubble of Istanbul?

Date

March 4, 2021

In February issue of Beehive, Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyses the students’ protests at Boğaziçi University, which took place in January 2021, reflective of the polarization in Turkish society.

Charlie Hebdo’s Caricatures and Macron’s Statements in the Eyes of Francophone Muslim Preachers

Date

January 25, 2021

In January issue of Beehive, Elad Ben David analyses the reaction of French Muslim preachers to the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s republication in September 2020 of the controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

G20 in Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Global Moment

Date

December 24, 2020

In the December issue of Beehive, Adam Hoffman analyses the online discourse on Twitter revolving around the G20 summit hosted in Riyadh in November, among Saudi social media users and the key messages promoted by the Saudi regime.

Joe Biden’s US Election Victory in the Eyes of Egyptians

Date

November 25, 2020

In this issue of Beehive, Michael Barak analyzes the reactions in the social media to the election of Joe Biden to the US Presidency among supporters and opponents of the Egyptian regime, including exiled dissidents.

Marketing Daʿwa in America Through Social Media

Date

September 30, 2020

In September issue of Beehive, Elad Ben David shows the use of social media as a powerful tool for marketing Da'wa in America.

“Gulf citizens against normalization”: Reactions to Israel’s normalization agreements with the UAE and Bahrain

Date

September 30, 2020

In September issue of Beehive, Adam Hoffman examines the discourse in the social networks of several Gulf States regarding Israel's normalization agreements with the UAE and Bahrain.

A National Hero or a Symbol of Oppression? Protesting the Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps in Port Said

Date

August 16, 2020

In July issue of Beehive Michael Barak examines the protests by residents of the city of Port Said against the reposition the statue of de Lesseps, who initiated the Suez Canal excavation project, which symbolizes European colonialism.

Anarchist Solidarity with the BLM Struggle – Echoes from the Islamic World

Date

July 20, 2020

In the English edition of the June issue of Beehive, Dr. Ariel Koch examines the 'Anarchist Solidarity with the BLM Struggle'.

“Spiritual Betrothals”: Iranian Women Engaged to Casualties of War

Date

February 7, 2019

Raz Zimmt investigates the discourse surrounding the phenomenon of young Iranian women who announce that they are betrothed to Iranian soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq war, or in Iran’s more recent military campaigns in Syria and Iraq.