Associate Professor in Information and Communication Sciences at Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, member of LabSIC since 2022, and affiliated researcher at CARISM (Université Paris Panthéon-Assas).
AREAS OF EXPERTISE : Media and public sphere, Middle East media studies, Transnational media, Media regulation, Digital media and platforms
Her research explores the relationships between sociopolitical dynamics and media transformations in the Middle East. Drawing on political science, media studies, and discourse analysis, she examines how media environments evolve in relation to political change. Her work focuses in particular on media regulation, mediated political expression (television and online activism), and the role of independent online journalism. More recently, her research investigates the platformization of media and cultural production, analyzing how these processes reshape the production, circulation, and interpretation of cultural content, while remaining embedded in specific sociocultural contexts.
Contact : | Campus de Villetaneuse, avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément 93430 Villetaneuse
Research Topics
Education
- Media and socio-political dynamics in the Middle East
- Transnational media and democracy
- Media regulation and authoritarian contexts
- Mediated political expression (talk shows, online activism)
- Platformization of media and cultural production
- Independent online journalism
- (2018) PhD in Political Science, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, (Co-supervised with UMR Développement et Sociétés, Université Paris I – IRD) ; Dissertation: “Talk shows in Egypt: From tools of authoritarian modernization to arenas of dissenting speech. The case of January uprising.”
- (2010) Master’s degree in Political Studies, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Scientific projects
- (2012-2025) Co-directing the project » Platforms and media productions in MENA Region » (MSH-Paris Nors, Labex ICCA) https://ottmena.hypotheses.org/home
- (Since 2023) Coorganizer of the seminar : « Production and Circulation of Cultural Industries: The Case of the Middle East and North Africa » (Labex-ICCA), since 2023 : https://culturmena.hypotheses.org/1983
Publications
- (2021) « Chapitre 5 – L’audiovisuel en Égypte de 2000 à 2020 : un secteur sous contrôle » [Audiovisual Media in Egypt from 2000 to 2020: A Sector Under Control], in. Bachir Benaziz, Abdelfettah Benchenna et Dominique Marchetti (dirs.), Les Espaces des (im)possibles. Les médias en Afrique du Nord depuis les années 1990, Rabat, Editions du Centre Jacques Berque, pp. 127-152
- (2020) « Les talk-shows en Égypte » [Talk-Shows in Egypt], Communication, vol. 37/2.
- (2019) Adib Doss, Maria, et Mohammad Abdel Hamid. « Cadrage télévisuel du mouvement des Gilets jaunes en Égypte : cristallisation des clivages sur les réseaux socio numériques » [Televisual Framing of the Yellow Vest Movement in Egypt: Crystallization of Divisions on Social Networks], Les Cahiers du numérique, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 133-160.
- (2018) « La chaîne Misr 25 comme outil médiatique du projet politique des Frères musulmans en Égypte » [The Misr 25 Channel as a Media Tool for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Political Project in Egypt], in. Antoine Frédéric et Douyère David (dirs.), Revue française des sciences de l’information et de la communication, Religions et Médias, N°13.
- (2015) « Parler politique au sein des chaines satellitaire coptes : Ouverture ou repli identitaire ?» [Political talks on Coptic Satellite Channels: Expansion or Identity Withdrawal?], in BEN NEFISSA Sarah et SARAYA Aliaa (dirs), Revue Tiers Monde, Variation sur l’Egypte, N°222, pp.13-29.
- (2014) Adib Doss Maria, Barbary Caroline, « Tamarrod (« rébellion ») : une autre lecture de l’action politique dans le processus révolutionnaire égyptien » [(‘Rebellion’): Another Perspective on Political Action in the Egyptian Revolutionary Process.], Confluences Méditerranée, N° 88, 1, p. 155-169.
– Outreach
- (2024) « Hilal Play : le streaming turc « halal » à la conquête d’un public arabe » [Hilal Play: Turkish ‘halal’ streaming conquering an Arab audience], La revue des médias (INA)
- (2025) Review of Mehdi K. Benslimane, Du pouvoir des médias, Paris: L’Harmattan, coll.“Logiques sociales”, 2024, Le Temps des médias, no. 45 (forthcoming).
Recent Communications
- (2025) “Reviving the Voices: Egyptian Audio Drama on YouTube and its New Creative Ecosystem”, paper presented at the international conference “Mainstreaming the Margins and Marginalizing the Mainstream in Contemporary Egyptian Culture”, Panel “Class and the Egyptian Culture Industry”, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, October 2025.
- (2025) « Reconfiguration d’un paysage médiatique et monopole narratif » [Reconfiguring the Media Landscape and the Emergence of a Narrative Monopoly]. paper presented at the 6th Congress of Middle East and Muslim World Studies, Panel “Crises of Political Legitimacy and Reconfigurations of Authoritarianism in Post-2011 North Africa”, Strasbourg, June 2025. Abstract available online: https://momm-strasbourg.sciencesconf.org/580362/document
- (2024) with Asmaa Azizi, “A Look at the Landscape of Streaming Platforms in the MENA Region: The Complexity of Geographical, Political and Economic Interweaving of an Offer”, paper presented at the conference “Emergencies: Media in an Unpredictable World”, European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS), Izmir, Turkey
- (2023) “Actors in Action, Actors in Reaction: The Strategies of Content Producers in Response to Audiovisual Platformization”, paper presented at the workshop “Streaming Platforms in the MENA Region”, MSH Paris-Nord
- (2021) “Entre régulation et censure : l’audiovisuel de Moubarak à Abdel Fatah al-Sissi [Between Regulation and Censorship: The Audiovisual Sector from Mubarak to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi]« , paper presented at the workshop “Reconfiguration des espaces médiatiques et politiques en Afrique du Nord” [Reconfiguring Media and Political Spaces in North Africa], ERC TARICA – CNRS.
- (2021) “Les talk-shows politiques en Égypte avant la révolution : des arènes de dissidence sous contrôle” [Political Talk Shows in Egypt Before the Revolution: Controlled Arenas of Dissent], paper presented at the seminar “Productions et circulations des biens culturels : le cas des pays de l’Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient” [Production and Circulation of Cultural Goods: The Case of North Africa and the Middle East], CESSP – LabSIC, LabEx ICCA.