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. Between March 2019 - April 2020 Beehive was published only in Hebrew.

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The Conquest of Sana’a by the Houthis on Social Media

Date

March 15, 2015

Michael Barak examines the discussion on social media about the Houthi conquest of the Yemeni city of Sana'a.

The Turkish “Iwo Jima:” The Law of Süleyman Şah Is No Longer the Law of Istanbul

Date

March 15, 2015

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak examines the Turkish military operation to relocate the tomb of Süleyman Şah.

Islamophobia: A New Moral Shield

Date

February 15, 2015

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the perceptions of Islamophobia in Turkey, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the execution by the Islamic State of the captured Jordanian pilot, Moaz al-Kasabeh.

Isn’t the Blood of Saudi Teachers Red? The Saudi Education Ministry’s Reaction to the Death of Teachers in Traffic Accidents as Seen on Saudi Social Media

Date

February 15, 2015

Michael Barak discusses the social protests that have erupted in Saudi Arabia over the national epidemic of deadly traffic accidents involving teachers.

“I'm Also a Jerk:” Iranian Social Media and the Struggle for the Release of Reformist Opposition Leaders

Date

February 15, 2015

Raz Zimmt analyzes the social media campaign for the release of two Iranian opposition leaders.

Charlie Hebdo: Turkey Walking a Fine Line between Islam and the West

Date

January 15, 2015

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the sometimes ambivalent feelings about the Charlie Hebdo murders on Turkish social media.

ISIS Social Media and the Case of Tumblr

Date

January 15, 2015

MDC Research Assistant and Steinhart-Israel Intern Linda Dayan examines the use of microblogging services such as Tumblr in the dissemination of Islamic State ideology.

Popular Music, Politics and Social Criticism: Iranian Social Media React to a Lecture by Dr. Yousef-Ali Abazari

Date

January 15, 2015

Raz Zimmt examines the discussion on Iranian social networks to the lecture given in December 2014 by the sociologist Dr. Yousef-Ali Abazari, which discussed the death of the Iranian pop singer Morteza Pashaei, who died the previous month.

If There’s No Bread, We’ll Eat Biscuits: Responses to the Increase of Bread Prices in Iran

Date

December 18, 2014

Raz Zimmt analyzes the responses in Iranian social media to the increase in bread prices.

The Return of Ottoman Turkish and Erdoğan’s Settling of Accounts with Fethullah Gülen ‎

Date

December 18, 2014

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the return of Ottoman Turkish to Turkish schools, as well as the campaign by the Turkish President, Reccip Tayyip Erdoğan, against his political rivals in the media.