Dr. Khaled Hroub is the Director of the Media Program of the Gulf Research Centre, Cambridge. He also teaches Modern Middle Eastern: Politics and Identity at Cambridge University where he directs the Cambridge Arab Media Project; he is the author of Hamas: Political Thought and Practice (2000) and Hamas: A Beginner’s Guide (2006). He publishes a weekly article on current affairs that appears in six major dailies in the Arab world. His forthcoming book is Political Islam: Context versus Ideology (ed.) (Saqi Books), and he is researching a volume on The Politics of Arab Media.