Mervat Abou Oaf

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Full Professor of Practice and Chair

Mervat Abou Oaf

CONTACT INFORMATION / WORK


American University in Cairo

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication

Jameel Building, Office P041

Cairo

Egypt

+2-02-2615-3433

tito_ao@aucegypt.edu

Education


PhD, University Autonom of Barcelona; Headquarters of the Mentor International Association for Media Education (Registered for the dissertation defense).

DBA, Maasricht School of Management, Media Management Sector, In Progress.

MA, Mass Communication and TV Journalism, American University in Cairo, 2002.

BA, Sociology, American University in Cairo, 1988.

languages


Arabic

English

COMPETENCES


Media Law and Policy

Media Ethics

Global Media Systems

Entertainment Media

Movie Business

Media Industry

Print and Broadcast Writing TV Journalism

Advanced & Investigating Reporting

WORK HISTORY


Full Professor of Practice and Chair of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department (JRMC) at the American University in Cairo. Present.

Editor-in-Chief, "AdLife," the first classified magazine in the field of advertisement and marketing in Egypt.

Foreign press coordinator, press conferences moderator, and English editor, Cairo International Film Festival, 2007-Present.

Honorary office and memberships


Co-chair, Organizing committee of the Arab-US Association for Communication Educators.

Regular guest speaker on live programs in local and regional channels such as Nile News, Nile Culture, CNBC Arabia, Good Morning KSA discussing media issues and concerns in Egypt and the Middle East.

Productions and Works


Article in Rozal Youssef Magazine, “We Still Need More,” regarding the recent development of the Egyptian TV content and planning.

Book Review Of the Forbidden Others by Adrianne Allison.

Summarized copy of thesis case study, Global Media Journal, Arabic version, October, 2005.

Book review on “Media, Sex, Violence, and Drugs in the Global Village,” edited by: Yahya R. Kamalipour and Kuldip R. Rampal in the previous issue of ‘Global Media Journal,’ 2005.