Free · Six-part webinar series
Media Literacy in a Time of War: Voices from Palestine
For young people in the West Bank, questioning a viral image isn't a classroom exercise. It's a matter of safety. This free six-part webinar series brings educators, researchers, students and activists from around the world together with the Palestinian faculty and youth who have been building media literacy under occupation, war and displacement.
Session 4 of 6
Media Literacy of the Oppressed: An Emancipatory Pedagogy for the Margins
Presenter: Jad Melki
Respondents: Yonty Friesem, Renee Hobbs, Bilal Younis, Sajeda Manasra
Date
Wednesday, November 25, 2026
NOTE NEW Time:
5–6 PM Jerusalem · 10 AM–11 AM EST
Location
Online via Zoom
What does media literacy look like when it is designed by and for people living under occupation, war, and displacement? Jad Melki (Lebanese American University), founder of the Media and Digital Literacy Academy of Beirut and a UNESCO-UNAoC award recipient, draws on his book Media Literacy of the Oppressed to argue for a pedagogy rooted in local priorities, postcolonial history, and resistance to structures of injustice. This session places the Palestinian work of this series within a wider Arab-region conversation about why media literacy matters more than ever before.
Why many Palestinian educators call media literacy a survival skill
Join the conversation and bring a colleague. This webinar series is free and all are welcome to attend.
In Case You Missed It
You can access notes and slides for all sessions here.