The Arab spring has accentuated and sometimes exaggerated the role of social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), satellite television (Al-Jazeera) in the MENA region. It brought out "new" and "old" discourses, including gender discourse(s. The topics wil include:

. Language and Gender Discourses (s) in the MENA Region
• The Vernacular Culture of Digital Media in the Arabic-Speaking Region
• The Role of the Internet in promoting Popular culture and in the shaping new discourse(s) in the MENA Region
• Digital Media and the Politics of Cultural Representation in the MENA Region.
• The Syntax, Semantics, Morphology, Phonology of e-Arabic
• Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication
We welcome a range of approaches, including:
• Anthropological linguistics
• Discourse analysis
• Interactional sociolinguistics