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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Egypt in the Eye of the Storm: The Acquittal of Hosni Mubarak

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December 17, 2014

In this article from the December 2014 issue of Beehive: Middle East Social Media, Dr. Michael Barak analyzes the reaction in Egyptian social media to the acquittal of Hosni Mubarak.

"Turks have no friends but the Turks”

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November 13, 2014

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak analyzes the reaction in Turkish social media to current regional developments, including the fight between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State in Kobani.

Kobani and Tehran: Iran Social Media on the Struggle between the Kurds & ISIS

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November 13, 2014

Raz Zimmt analyzes the Iranian social media reaction to the current battle between the Islamic State and the Kurds in Kobani.

Not in My Name – ISIS and protests against it, as reflected on social media

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November 13, 2014

Michael Barak analyzes the use of social media, both as a tool for Islamic State indoctrination and propaganda, as well as for protest and resistance against it.