Human-Computer Interaction Across the Arab World

ABSTRACT

Since the Arab Spring, there has been a global interest in the use of technology in the Arab world. In particular, there is a growing interest in social media and its impact on democratic practices. The region came to the forefront once more with the refugee crisis as many of these studies address Arabs as users of Western technologies. Our experience working/researching HCI motivates us to assert that the current research on Arab HCI mostly deals with this population in a superficial way and is yet to reflect the diverse socio-political and economic facets of the region. This meeting aims to bring together HCI researchers and practitioners from the Arab World with those who are conducting/interested in research in this context. The goal is to start a dialog that leverages our "insider" understanding of HCI research in the Arab context to explore the challenges and unique opportunities for future research.

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Index Terms

• Human-centered computing