Faculty

College / Department

Teaching areas

Media, Journalism, Digital Journalism, Documentary, VR Documentary, Multiplatform Storytelling, Social Media, Film.

Research areas

Immersive Media to Engage Youth in Cultural Content, Media Ecology in the Arab World, Youth Engagement on Social Media Platforms.

Education

PhD, Doctorate of Creative Arts, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

BA, B.A. majoring in Communication, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

BS, B.Sc. Majoring in Computer Science., University of Jordan, Jordan

Professional experience

Digital Media Lecturer at University of Technology, Australia(2010 - 2014)

Digital Media Lecturer at Metro Screen, Australia(2010 - 2014)

Freelance Filmmaker and New Media Artist, Australia(2008 - 2014)

New Media Lecturer at Australian Film Television and Radio School, Australia(2008 - 2010)

Online Digital Video Manager at Lonely Planet Publications, Australia(2006 - 2008)

Media Consultant at United Nations, Palestine(2003 - 2006)

Interactive Designer at Jack Morton Worldwide, Australia(1998 - 2003)

Senior Developer at Monitor Interactive, Australia(1991 - 1996)

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2530

Dr. Suheil Dahdal

Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Suheil Dahdal has taught media and journalism at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and at the University of Technology, Sydney. Dr. Dahdal's areas of interests are social media, cultural diversity in media and new forms of documentary film making. He is also an award-winning filmmaker with 20 years' experience in creating documentaries and media stories for some of the most innovative media companies in Australia including Lonely Planet Publications, SBS and ABC Television Stations.

Publications

Sohail Dahdal, Using the WhatsApp Social Media Application for Active Learning, Published, Journal of Educational Technology Systems, pp. 004723952092830, 2020

Mohammad Ayish, Sohail Dahdal, Using Mobile Devices by Media Students as a Tool for Digital Storytelling, Published, 2019

Suheil Dahdal, Cultural educating of Palestinian youth through collaborative digital storytelling, Published, E-Learning and Digital Media, 16, 2, pp. 136–150, 2019

Sohail Dahdal, Flow as a Framework to Engage Youth in Participatory Politics on Social Media Platforms, Published, International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP), 8, 4, pp. 34-48, 2017

Sohail Dahdal, Using Collaborative Gaming to Engage Arab Youth in Cultural Memes., Published, The Journal of Social Media in Society, 5, 3, pp. 316-344, 2016

Sohail Dahdal, Ralph Berenger, Al Jazeera, Bab Al Hara, and Social Media in the Resurrection of Arab Nationalism, Published, pp. 63, 2013

Sohail Dahdal, Social media and the Arab Spring, Published, CeDEM12: Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, pp. 219-228, 2012

Conference Presentations

Abeer Al-Najjar, Modernization, Nation Branding and Dual Discourse on Women in the Gulf, Gulf Research Meeting 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom, July, 2019

Suheil Dahdal, Kan Yama Kan a case of Using Immersive Technologies as Educational Tool for Factual Historical Content, The 2019 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA), Canberra, ACT, Australia, July, 2019

Suheil Dahdal, International Conference on the Palestinian Oral History Archive, Beirut, Lebanon, June, 2019

Suheil Dahdal, Using Virtual Reality Documentaries as an Immersive Educational Tool for Factual Historical Content, 13th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain, March, 2019

Suheil Dahdal, Kan Yama Kan: A Virtual Reality Documentary, Days of Cinema, Ramallah, Palestine, October, 2018

Sohail Dahdal, Educating Palestinian Youth About Their Culture Through Collaborative Transmedia Storytelling, Trans Media Literacy International Conference, Barcelona, Spain., March, 2018

Suheil Dahdal, PFM TALKS | NEW WAYS OF CINEMA, Days of Cinema 2018, Ramallah, Palestine, October, 2017

Sohail Dahdal, Engaging Audience in Interactive Movies, Australia Screen Production Education & Research Association (ASPERA) Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, June, 2017

Sohail Dahdal, Engaging Audience in Interactive Fiction, Edinburgh International Film Audiences Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, March, 2017

Sohail Dahdal, Perceptions of Mobile Devices as News TV News Gathering Tools A Survey of Mass Communication Students, Innovation Arabia, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March, 2017

Sohail Dahdal, Gaming Story Worlds to Create Immersive Transmedia Narratives, Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference, Lupin, Poland, October, 2016

Sohail Dahdal, Using Collaborative Gaming to Engage Arab Youth in Cultural Memes, Reinvestigating Culture in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences conference, Belgrade, Serbia, May, 2016

Sohail Dahdal, Arabic Cultural Memes: Creating a Cultural Space to Engage Arab Youth, ECREA Communication and Democracy 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark, October, 2015

Sohail Dahdal, Crowd sourcing Arab Identity: Using Social Media to Engage Youth in Creating a New Arab Narrative, 13th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, Athens, Greece, May, 2015

Sohail Dahdal, Cultural Diversity, creativity and innovation: exploring how migration generates new synergies, The 5th Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, Sydney, Australia, November, 2014

Sohail Dahdal, The Role of Social Media in Participatory Intercultural Dialogue, Internet Research 13 Conference, Salford, United Kingdom, October, 2013

Sohail Dahdal, Social media and the Arab Spring, CeDEM 12 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government, Kerms, Austria, Kerms, Austria, May, 2012

Grants and sponsorships

Faculty Research Grant , American University of Sharjah, 2022

Reimagining the Past, American University of Sharjah, 2020

Kan Yama Kan VR/Ar Documentary, American University of Sharjah, 2019

Awards and Honors

, Winner of the Interactive Media Awards, New York, New York Media Awards, 2008

, Winner of AIMIA Award - best cultural, lifestyle and art, Australian Interactive Media Industry Association, 2006

, Winner of Australian National Youth Media Awards, Australian Government, 2003