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POMEPS Middle East Political Science PodcastDiscussing news and innovations in the Middle Eas Author: Marc Lynch
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Social Media Tribes (S. 16, Ep. 4)
Thursday, 5 November, 2026
On this week's episode of the podcast, Geoffrey Hughes of University of Exeter joins Marc Lynch to discuss his book, Social Media Tribes: Jordan's Bedouin and the Margins of the State. Hughes reframes social media as part of a global renegotiation of the state-society divide that both preceded the emergence of social media platforms and, in turn, feeds off of them. In this telling, the internet represents a new frontier that, like older frontiers, heralds both novel freedoms and novel forms of social control. Music for this season’s podcast was created by Feras Arrabi. You can find more of his work on his website Music and Sound at www.ferasarrabi.com. POMEPS, directed by Marc Lynch, is based at the Institute for Middle East Studies at the George Washington University and is supported by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.
