Faculty & Staff
Faculty and Staff
Dr.Kamal Hamidou
Associate Professor - Head of Department
Dr.Ismail Ahmed
Department Coordinator
iahmed@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-7636 Main Women’s Bldg C04 Rm 255 I hold a PhD in Mass Communication from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), with a distinction in my doctoral thesis. To honour my work and excellence for this thesis and in my research generally, IIUM granted me its 'Best Doctoral Student' award. My viva committee members had also a strong positive feedback on my doctoral thesis: they recommended it for an award as well as to be published by the university as a book.
I have published single-authored and co-authored 12 peer reviewed research articles, of which 8 of them have been published in SCOPUS-indexed journals with impact factors. I have also published one book chapter and encyclopaedia entry. My publications have been cited more than 100 times in Google scholar by many scholars from various countries. My areas of research interest include news consumption and news credibility, new media adoption and consequences, social networking sites and social change, media effects, political communication and mass media history, and journalism.
With regard to teaching experience, I have a six-year experience at the undergraduate level and have taught a number of courses with several sections at Qatar University (QU). These include Media and Society, First Year Seminar, Communication Research Methods, Communication Theories and Media Law and Ethics. Prior to joining QU, I have taught two communication research-related courses: Introductory Statistics for Communication Research and Statistics for Islamic Studies at IIUM.
In relation to service to the university, I have actively contributed to numerous committees at the department as well as college level, of which schedules and teaching load committee was the most prevalent. In summer 2019, I was appointed as the acting head of the department, where I was responsible of administrative supervision. Since September 2017, I have been responsible for entering all department courses (numbering over 130 sections in normal semesters) in the Web Data Collector system as well as for coordinating the departments' requests for schedule changes through the SharePoint system. Due to my excellent services to the department over the years, I was appointed as “Department Coordinator” starting from August 25, 2019
Ms.Mye Al Malki
Administrative Coordinator msultan@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4865 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 255 B
Ms.Safia Al-Thani
Administrative Coordinator althanis@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4864 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 163
Ms.Fatma Al Sulaiti
Administrative Coordinator fatmam@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4866 Main Male Bldg B05– Rm 233
Prof.Basyouni Ibrahim Abdelhalim Hamada
Professor
Prof.Mohamed Kirat
Professor
Public Relations mkirat@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4873 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 260 Dr. Kirat joined Qatar University in 2013. Previously, he served as Head of the Public Relations Department and Dean of the College of Communication at the University of Sharjah, UAE (2007-2011). Dr. Kirat has published more than 50 articles and book chapters on journalism, mass media and public relations in scholarly journals. He has also written several books on mass media and public relations. His areas of research cover corporate image building, reputation management, crisis management, media coverage of international conflicts, press freedom in the Arab world, and social media and the Arab
public sphere.
Dr.Noureddine Miladi
Professor
noureddine.miladi@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4872 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 162
Noureddine Miladi got an MA and PhD in Media and Communication from the University of Westminster, in London, UK. Before joining Qatar University, he had taught Journalism and Mass Communication since 2001 in various UK universities. His academic experience includes development of MA and Undergraduate programmes in Journalism and Mass Communication and supervision of numerous MA and PhD students. He is currently head of department and Associate Professor in Mass Communication at Qatar University. Dr Miladi has published widely in international refereed journals and books and is member of various international media and communication organisations such as IAMCR, MECCSA. He is editor of the first English speaking international academic refereed journal in Arab media and communication research (Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research). His research interests include: Social media and social change, media and democracy, youth, identity and social media networks, media ethics, Al-Jazeera and the change in the global media flow and media and public opinion.
Dr.Mohamed Elamin Musa
Associate Professor
Online Journalism mibrahim@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4878 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 258 Dr. Musa joined Qatar University in 2016. Prior to joining Mass Communication Department, he taught at Ajman University of Science and Technology, Sharjah University and Al Dar University College (Dubai). He has authored eight books and has written several refereed articles in online journalism, multimedia, graphic design, visual media and effective communication. His areas of research cover new media, online journalism, graphic and web design, layout and desktop publishing, nonverbal communication, effective communication, IT and how it can influence our life, psychology of Communication and economy and communication.
Dr.Abdallah Hidri
Associate Professor
abdallah.hidri@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4882 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 259 Dr. Abdullah Hidri has a PhD in Information and Communication Sciences from the University of Bordeaux 3. He is a permanent expert at the Arab training center for radio and television, Arab states broadcasting union (ASBU). Many of his published studies appeared in academic refereed journals in the areas of image and television, media and
cultural industries, and media and ethics. He is currently interested in studying the interdisciplinary links between sciences, especially between communication and media studies and other disciplines, such as engineering, sports, sociology and philosophy. He is a member of many editorial boards, scientific committees and councils, associations and
international scientific organizations. Dr. Hidri oversaw the completion of several theses, especially in the field of visual communication and discourse analysis. He contributed to the establishment of academic programs in bachelor and master levels in several Arab universities. He has presented papers at numerous seminars and international academic
conferences. For Dr. Hidri, the convergence of sciences represents one of the most prominent theoretical and epistemological issues in the advancement of science. He believes that interdisciplinary cooperation between sciences is a necessity to address the prevailing paradigm of simplicity especially in the fields of communication and media
studies. Dr. Hidri believes that eighteenth century romanticism is back again with its full weight as an interdisciplinary field, namely communication and media studies, which is populated by many disciplines of knowledge and which form the focus of its theoretical and epistemological makeup. Dr. Hidri believes that chaos is one of the salient features
of today’s media activities.
Dr.Saddek Rabah
Associate Professor
Social Networks (Web 2.0), Mobile journalism, Data Journalism, Citizen Media, Internet Studies, Media Convergence, Information Society. srabah@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4881 B05-233
Profile website
Education:
Dr Saddek received his PhD in Information and Communication Studies, Paris 2 University (France).
Research:
Dr. Saddek’s research interests are in Social Networks, Citizen Media, Internet Studies, Media Convergence, Information Society, Media and Social Change, Media discourse. His research appeared in different peer-reviewed journals and he presented his work and research at several international and regional conferences.
Teaching:
He has over 18 years of teaching in the UAE. Prior to joining Qatar University, he held different positions at different universities in the UAE: Canadian University of Dubai, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates University and Ajman University. He has served as dean at Ajman University, and Chair of Communication Department at Canadian University of Dubai. He has also served as a reviewer for many Media Programs as well as many Communication and Media academic journals. Dr. Saddek taught many courses (more than 24 courses ) including: Investigative Journalism, News Writing and Editing Media Laws and Ethics, Advanced Methodologies in Communication, Communications Theories, Introduction to New Media, Principles of Visual Communication, Media Management, Media Convergence, Social Marketing, Internet & Social Networks , Media Sociology, Integrated Communication, Information Society, Media and Society.
Dr.Saadia Malik
Assistant Professor
rsmalik@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4863 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 161 Dr. Malik earned her PhD in Communication from Ohio University and earned a Master’s degree in women’s studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (Netherlands). At QU, Dr. Malik teaches courses in media law and ethics, global communication, women and media, communication research methods, and media and society. Her primary research interests include women and media, postcolonial feminist research in mass communication, political economy of mass communication, intercultural and global media issues. Dr. Malik has published numerous articles in research publications including Media, Culture, and society, The Journal of Arts and Humanities, Irinkerindo: A Journal of African Migration. Dr. Saadia served as a chair of the department of Mass Communication, Qatar University from 2009-2011 and she worked as the chair of the accreditation committee for the department of Mass Communication from 2009- 2013 by the end of that period, the program received accreditation status from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC) in May 2013. Before joining Qatar University, Dr. Saadia worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas teaching Media Ethics and Intercultural Communication classes.
Dr.Mohamed Elfateh Hamdi
Assistant Professor
m.hamdi@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4865 Main Women’s Bldg C04-Room 259 Mass communication specialization
Holds a doctorate degree from the University of Algiers 3
Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of elhikma for Communication and Media Studies.
Publishing eight scientific books specialized in communication and media.
He has published several refereed scientific articles in different magazines.
Dr.Wael Abdelal
Assistant Professor
wabdelal@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4865 C03-Room 341 Dr. Wael Abdelal is currently an assistant professor of media and mass communication at the Department of Mass Communication at the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University. He has been the head of Arts and Social Science department at University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza, and lecturer of Media at the Media and Communication Technology Programme until 2018. He worked previously as a lecturer at the Department of Media and Political Science at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.
He studied at The University of Exeter, United Kingdom (PhD), the Near East University, Cyprus (MA) and the University of Gaza, Palestine (BA). He has effectively participated in the program of the curriculum development of the media departments at the Palestinian universities, within the National Initiative of Developing Media in Palestine led by The Media Development Centre at Birzeit University, in partnership with UNESCO and Sweden Government.
His teaching portfolio included the following courses: Basic Principles of Media and Communications, Digital media (New Media), Communication Skills, and Media Ethics. His research interests lie in the intersection between the Social Sciences and Media Technology, in the fields of Media Studies, Media & Communications, Political Communication, Media ethics and law, Media and Resistance.
Dr.Fayez Shaheen
Assistant Professor
Media ethics, news broadcasting and analysis of news bulletins fshaheen@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-7462 Main Women’s Bldg C04-Room 259 Education:
- 2013: PhD. in Media & communication science at Tübingen Universität – Germany
- 2003: German Diploma (MA & Bachelor) in Media & communication science at Tübingen Universität – Germany
- 1997: Bachelor in History & Diploma in Radio Journalism at Birzeit University – Palestine
Research:
Dr. Fayez Shaheen has interests in research topics related to media ethics, news broadcasting and analysis of news bulletins. He also published a scientific research about the transparency of the media and how to apply it in practice to the texts and news bulletins.
Grants:
Dr. Fayez Shaheen received in 1999 a grant from German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to study media science in Germany after graduating from Birzeit University in Palestine in 1997. He graduated from the Media Science Program with honors in 2003.
Teaching:
- 2018: Assistant Professor of Media and Mass Communication at Qatar University
- 2015: Assistant Professor of Media and Mass Communication at Hebron University - Palestine
Working:
- 2005- 2013: Broadcast Journalist and Translator at Deutsche Welle (DW-Arabiya) in Berlin-Germany.
- 1997-1999: Broadcast Journalist and Announcer at Radio Amwaj FM in Ramallah – Palestine.
- 1996-1997: TV Correspondent at Al-Wattan TV in Ramallah-Palestine.
- 1995-1996: Journalist at Al-Ayyam Newspaper
Dr.Hala Asmina Guta
Assistant Professor
hguta@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-7630 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 259 Education:
Ph.D. Mass Communication, Ohio University, March 2011
M. Ed. Cultural Studies, Ohio University August 2007
M.A. International Affairs, Communication for Development, Ohio University June 2006
Research:
My research interests include international communication, gendered communication, communication for social change; and the intersection of communication, culture, and identity. My publications and conference presentations include papers on the role of culture in communication, communication role in peace building in societies emerging from conflict, and the role media and other cultural institutions play in social change and the construction of identity.
Grants
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) Award (Co-Investigator). Al Jazeera Network: Is it Redefining Global Communication Ethics. ($350,000)
College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University Start-up Grant, (Principal Investigator). Exploring ICTs Impact on Qatari’s Family Communication Patterns ($2500)
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award (DDRA), (Principal Investigator). Supported a one year of field research in Sudan and Kenya for dissertation ($36,424)
Teaching:
Assistant Professor August 2014 to Present
Department of Mass Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Qatar
Assistant Professor April 2011 to June 2014
Core Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, KSA
Instructor June 2008- December 2010
School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Dr.Mohamed Hassan
Lecturer
Ms.Nejude Abdulrahman H I Al-Ibrahim
Lecturer nejude.alibrahim@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4879 Main Women’s Bldg C04 Rm 258
Dr.Eiman Abdel Maksoud Eissa
Lecturer
Strategic Communication eeissa@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-7640 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 258 Eiman Eissa has worked in the academic field since 2006. She is currently a lecturer in the Mass Communication Department at Qatar University. Her research focuses on advertising, political communication, public relations, social media, public opinion and media effects on children. She has published a book about media convergence and another on public opinion. Eissa earned her Ph.d. from Cairo University with a specialization in Public Relations and Advertising. She earned her master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Mass Communication Department in American University in Cairo.
Dr.Mohamed El-Kafrawy
Lecturer
Mr.Fuad Abdulaziz Mohamed
Lecturer Online / Press Journalism fmohamed@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-7631 Main Women’s Bldg C04 Rm 259 Fuad Abdulaziz Mohamed is the author of ‘Tree of Life’ and ‘3D-Viewer’ films that won several international film awards. Fuad specializes in Film and TV Directing and Cinematography, and teaches: Visual Communication, TV Documentary Production, Photojournalism, Multimedia Reporting and Writing, and Broadcast Production courses. His research interests include film aesthetics, film semiotics, and cinema phenomenology studies. His research is particularly focused on ‘city symphonies’ genre, but also on independent cinema, art cinema, and documentary filmmaking in general. Fuad was awarded ‘Distinction’ honors for his film and dissertation on ‘Oral Story-telling and Cinema’ in his Master of Arts degree from London University. He is currently working on a doctoral research entitled ‘Visual Musicality and the Moving Image’ at Essex University in the UK. His latest film research project, part of an ongoing visual and theoretical project
entitled ‘Sana’a: Symphony of an Old City’ is completed as ‘part one’ to be followed by parts 2 and 3.
Ms.Hind Al-Ibrahim
Lecturer Broadcast and Online Journalism halibrahim@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4876 Main Women’s Bldg C04 Rm 258 Ms. Hind Al-Ibrahim rejoined Qatar University in 2013 as a lecturer of broadcast journalism. Previously, she worked as a senior producer at the new Qatar TV in which she produced and co-produced the morning Show, Fayy Al Duha, and the evening show. In 2007, Ms. Al-Ibrahim joined the department of mass communication at Qatar University as a teaching assistant. She has a BA in English linguistics and literature from Qatar University and an MA in television and digital journalism from the American University in Cairo. While obtaining the MA at AUC, Ms. Al-Ibrahim joined Al-Jazeera
Arabic bureau in Cairo and helped with shooting and news reporting along with the AJ crew. In 2010, she joined Al-Jazeera International and co-produced Inside Iraq. During the Libyan revolution in 2011, Ms. Al-Ibrahim produced political news reports that were broadcast on AJ Arabic. Ms. Hind Al-Ibrahim was trained to be a backpack journalist
and her ultimate goal is to teach students what it takes to be one of those professional journalists. Her teaching interests are in multimedia journalism, videography, photography, news reporting and writing, editing and announcing.
Dr.ElSayed El-Kilani
Lecturer
Mr.Chaker Ayadi
Lecturer
Video, Audio, and TV productions chaker.ayadi@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4875 Main Male Bldg B05 – Rm 233 Mr. Chaker Ayadi received a Master's Degree in cinema studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He then moved to Canada and lived in Vancouver, British Columbia. In Vancouver, he worked as a free-lancer on film production sets. In the meantime he won a grant from the Canada Arts Council to write a feature screenplay. He
also wrote, produced and directed a feature film called Next Station, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Mr. Ayadi was a part-time teacher of visual media in the Vancouver Community College, and a movie reviewer for two local newspapers. From Vancouver, Mr. Ayadi took a teaching position the Dubai Women's College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While in Dubai, he traveled to Tripoli, Lebanon, and made a documentary about the Palestinian refugee camp, called Nahr El-Bared. The documentary Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp was screened widely in film festivals such as the
Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, California, in the Emirates Film Festival in Abu Dhabi, the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, Qatar, and the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia.
Dr.Majdi Alkhouli
Lecturer
Strategic Communication malkhouli@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-7634 Main Women’s Bldg C04 – Rm 259 Education:
I studied my Bachelor degree in Journalism and Information department at the Islamic University of Gaza (1999), and Master Degree in Mass Communication at Bangalore University in 2002 (India), and I received my Doctoral degree in Public Relations at the University of Exeter in 2013 (UK).
Research:
Whilst I have interests in most areas of Mass Communication, my main research focus lies on Public Relations. I am particularly interested in studying Public Relations as an actors towards educational institutions in the Middle East, with particular application to contemporary Gulf countries developments. My research interests are deeply interdisciplinary, engaging with Culture, Journalism, Communication, and Public Relations.
Teaching:
I got an interdisciplinary education, research and teaching background. I have extensive teaching experience in Mass Communication department at Qatar University; most of this teaching under Strategic Communication program particularly modules such are, Principles of Public Relations, Principles of Advertising, Public Relations Writing and Presentation, PR and New Media, Organizational Communication, PR Capstone as well as PR Internship
Dr.Rana S. Hassan
Lecturer
Public Relations and Advertising rana.hassan@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-4877 Main Women’s Bldg C04 Rm 259 Education:
PhD Media and Sociology’ 18
School of Social Science
University of Northampton, UK
Research: Media and sociology, Social Marketing, gender studies, public relations, new media technology.
Teaching: Public Relations and new media, media and society, principles of advertising, capstone supervision, women and media , internship supervision, social marketing, organizational communication, principles of public relations
Ms.Aysha Al Dosari
Teaching Assistant a-aldosari@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-3056 Main Women’s Bldg C04 Rm 258
Ms.Bothaina Rashid Al-Dosari
Teaching Assistant Baldosari@qu.edu.qa (+974) 4403-5787 Main Women’s Bldg C04 Rm 161 Education:
MA: Contemporary Societies and Thought, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
Media and Anthropology: Visiting Student at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford University.
Bachelor: Mass Communication / PR & Advertising. Minor: English Language, Qatar University.
Research:
Interested in studying media from anthropological perspective. Conducted recently an anthropological research on Qatari religious broadcasting.
Teaching:
Currently teaching two courses (Media & Society Course) – (Women & Media Course). Taught previously ( PR & New Media course).
Mr.Mohammad Ali Czar Abducarim
Lab Technician
