Miriyam Aouragh (Amsterdam, 18 November 1972) is a Dutch Palestinian liberation activist and academic who commentates on social media and internet activism. She is Professor at the University of Westminster.^[1]

Biography

Aouragh was born to parents who had migrated to the Netherlands from Morocco. In the early 2000s, she was a student of virtual communities in Palestine,^[2] a member of the International Socialists,^[3] and active in Amsterdam as an activist for Moroccan youth^[4] and the Palestinian cause.^[5][6] She got her doctorate in cultural anthropology (including such topics as "Palestine in Cyberspace"^[7]) from the University of Amsterdam in 2008; her dissertation, Palestine Online, studied internet activism in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon, and was published in 2011.^[8] She published on the use of the internet and social media during the Egyptian revolution of 2011,^[9] and her work on social media is cited in educational books.^[10][11]