Telephone: 03-5318073
email: mkedar@mail.biu.ac.il

Dr. Mordechai Kedar (Ph. D. in Arabic, Bar-Ilan University), is a lecturer in the Arabic Department at Bar-Ilan University and a research associate at the BESA Center.

Specialization:

Arabic Political Discourse, Mass Media, Islam and Politics, The Syrian Domestic Arena, Legitimacy of Arab regimes, Arab Societies, State and Society in Arab Countries.

Publications:

The Public Political Language of the Asad Regime in Syria: Messages and Means of Communication (Hebrew), Ph.D. Thesis, Ramat Gan, Bar-Ilan University, 1998; Asad in Search of Legitimacy - Messages and Rhetoric in the Syrian Press 1970-2000 (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, forthcoming); as well as many articles on the Media in Arab countries such as Syria, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt.

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