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• Abdulla, R., & Abou Oaf, M. (2011). Collective Guilt As a Response to Evil: The Case of Arabs and Muslims in the Western Media. In M. Fackler & R. Fortner (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics. Oxford: Blackwell.

• Abdulla, R. (2010). Egypt: Mirror Images in Daily Life Coverage. The Anna Lindh Foundation Report 2010: Euromed Intercultural Trends. Alexandria, Egypt.

• Abdulla, R. (2010). The changing Middle East media over the past 20 years: opportunities and challenges. In B. Korany (Ed.), The Changing Middle East. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.

• Abdulla, R. (2009). Policing the Internet in the Arab World. Emirates Operational Papers. The Emirates Center for Strategic Study and Research (ECSSR).

• Abdulla, R. (2008). Arabic language use and content on the Internet. Report presented to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Available online at http://www.bibalex.org/a2k/attachments/references/dr.%20rasha%20en.pdf

• Abdulla, R. (2008). Arabic language use and content on the Internet. Report presented to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina [In Arabic]. Available online at http://www.bibalex.org/a2k/attachments/references/dr.%20rasha%20arabic.pdf

• Abdulla, R. (2007). The Internet in the Arab World: Egypt and beyond. New York: Peter Lang.

• Abdulla, R. (2007). Islam, jihad, and terrorism in post 9/11 Arabic discussion boards. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(3). Available online from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/abdulla.html

• Abdulla, R. (in press). Tramslating cultural diversity into policy action. Working Paper, the UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity.

• Abdulla, R. (2006). An overview of media developments in Egypt: Does the Internet make a difference? Global Media Journal--Mediterranean Edition, 1(1), 88-100.

• Abdulla, R. (2005). Taking the E-train: The development of the Internet in Egypt. Global Media and Communication, 1(2), 149-165.

• Abdulla, R. (2005). The Internet in Egypt and the Arab world. [In Arabic]. Cairo: Afaq Publications.

• Abdulla, R. (2005). What they post: Arabic-language message boards after the September 11 attacks. In M. Salwen, B. Garrison, & P. Driscoll (Eds.), Online News and the Public. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Abdulla, R. (2005). Towards believing what you see on the Egyptian news....Well, at least most of it. Proceedings of the AUC Research Conference, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.

• Abdulla, R., Garrison, B., Salwen, M., Driscoll, P., & Casey, D. (2005). Online news credibility. In M. Salwen, B. Garrison, & P. Driscoll (Eds.), Online News and the Public. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• Lin, C., Salwen, M, & Abdulla, R. (2005). Uses and gratifications of online and offline news: New wine in an old bottle? In M. Salwen, B. Garrison, & P. Driscoll (Eds.), Online News and the Public. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Abdulla, R. (2004). The Egyptian oral rehydration therapy campaign (1983 - 1991): From theory to successful strategy. In A. Singhal, M. Cody, E. Rogers, & M. Sabido (Eds.), Entertainment-Education and Social Change: History, Research, and Practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

• Abdulla, R. (2003). The uses and gratifications of the Internet among Arab students in Egypt. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

• Abdulla, R. (2000). Why kids want their MTV: A cross-cultural perspective. In Civic Discourse in the Middle East and Digital Age Communication. L. Gher, & H. Amin (Eds.), Greenwich, CT: Ablex.

• Abdulla, R. (1996). The uses and gratifications of music television in Egypt: Why kids want their MTV. Unpublished master’s thesis, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.