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Author profile: Hussein AlAhmad

Hussein AlAhmad is an Associate Professor of Strategic Communication at Arab American University, Palestine. His work examines mediatization, narrative sovereignty, political communication and decolonial pedagogies, with particular attention to Palestine and the legitimacy of international institutions. He is the author of Stabilizing Authoritarianism: The Political Echo in Pan-Arab Satellite TV News Media (2024, Springer) and articles in Third World Quarterly and AI & Society.

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Beyond Recognition: Mediatized Sovereignty and the Crisis of International Legitimacy

Hussein AlAhmad • Jun 29 2026 • Articles

Palestinians have been returning to one simple question: does recognition matter when legitimacy is detached from protection?

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