This book examines diverse media spaces in which colonial power is both reproduced and contested. While global media flows are conventionally understood as moving from centre to periphery, the volume also attends to the reverse movement, in which local narratives from marginalized communities reach global audiences while retaining their cultural essence. Colonialism has shaped power relations, economic structures, cultural norms, identity formation, and knowledge production worldwide, and its remnants remain prominent in media spaces. Grounded in Global South and Global Majority scholarship, the volume draws together diaspora studies, subaltern and postcolonial theory, and the discourses of conquest and anti-conquest. Together these map how colonial legacies are upheld, challenged, and reworked. The result is an interconnected framework for understanding neocolonialism in the twenty-first century as an ongoing, unfinished process.

Sameera Ahmed is Associate Professor at the United Arab Emirates University. She received her education in the UK and has since worked both in the UK and in the Gulf. Her teaching experience includes several courses in the field of media and mass communication at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her current research interests focus on AI literacy and minority voices and representations in media.

Maha Bashri is Associate Professor of Communication at The Africa Institute, Global Studies University. Dr. Bashri’s research critically examines the impacts of media and communication on social change, especially through the intersection of digital media and political activism. Her scholarly contributions span peer-reviewed books and journal articles addressing critical issues such as minority women in western media, grassroots mobilization, and media representations of marginalized groups.

Ahmed El-Gody is Associate Professor for Media and Communication Studies, Orebro University, Sweden. He is the author of several books including Using Artificial Intelligence in the Al Jazeera Newsroom (2021) and News in time of Fake News (2022). El Gody is the managing editor of Arab Media and Society journal and serves on the editorial board of several other journals.