Abeer AlNajjar is an associate professor of Mass Communications at the American University of Sharjah- United Arab Emirates and a Visiting Scholar at The Communication and Media Research Institute -the Westminster School of Media & Communication. She was the Dean of Jordan Media Institute 2011-2012 (Amman, Jordan). She earned her PhD from the College of Arts at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Abeer served as a member of a UNESCO advisory group of experts (2013/14) for “World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development”. Collaborated with major international groups like Freedom House. She published two books and several articles and book chapters on Media, Gender & Religion; Media framing of Political Conflic and War; Journalistic Ethics and Practices; Global News Flow. Her most recen publciations include "Cultural Resistance in the Middle East" to the International Encyclopedia of Media, Gender and Communication 2020 & "Bias" for the International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies.