Mohamad Hamas Elmasry is a Professor in the Media Studies program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. His research on Arab media systems, news coverage of race, Arab media, the media and terrorism, and portrayals of Muslims in the western has appeared in reputable refereed publications, including Journalism, Journalism Practice, Journalism Studies, International Communication Gazette, and the International Journal of Communication, among others. Dr. Elmasry has been an invited speaker at Georgetown University’s Al-Waleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, DePaul University, the University of Toronto, the University of Illinois-Chicago, the University of Denver, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Carter Center, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the World Social Forum, among other places.