Description: How are the structures of power and the notion of agency among Syrian women during the recent Syrian conflict connected? Rand El Zein investigates gender politics around displacement, conflict, the body, and the nation, examining how Arab television news discursively represented the experiences of Syrian women during the conflict.
Brief description: Rand El Zein, born in 1991, is a researcher from Beirut, Lebanon. She received her PhD in communication studies at Universität Salzburg and her MA in Media Studies at the American University of Beirut. Her research focuses on Arab media, feminist theory, and cultural studies.