Dr. Ahmed K. Al-Rawi served as a communication officer and spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Iraq from 2002 to 2005. He also worked as a radio correspondent for the US-based Pacifica Radio Network and Free Speech Radio News and as a freelance journalist for a number of magazines. Furthermore, he served as a Consultant for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Amman, Jordan.
Al-Rawi obtained his M.A. degree in 1999 and his first Ph.D. in English literature from Baghdad University, Iraq in 2004. He studied for a second Ph.D. degree in media and mass communication studies from 2008 to 2011 at Leicester University, UK. The research was focused on the way TV news channels covered the general elections in Iraq in 2010.
Al-Rawi taught journalism and communication, intercultural communication, and English language and literature courses for over five years in the Middle East, mostly in Oman. He also worked as a post-doctoral researcher during which he produced his book on Omani women’s folktales. He authored another book that is entitled Media Practice in Iraq (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). Al-Rawi is commissioned by ABC-CLIO publishing house to write a voluminous publication which is the Encyclopedia of Arabian Mythology to be finalised in 2015.
Al-Rawi’s research interests include Arab media, international communication, popular culture, folklore, and mythology. He published many book chapters and research papers in a variety of journals such as Arab Studies Quarterly, the International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, and Folklore. |
