Abdulrahman Abotaleb
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Abdulrahman Abotaleb is an ICT engineer, a journalist, an Internet governance advocate and a digital rights defender from Yemen.
Career History
Currently: Editor-in-chief at Yemen Science Network.
In the Past:
- Consultant at Internews Network.
- ICT director at Yemen News Agency (SABA).
- Vice President at Internet Society Yemen Chapter (ISOC-Yemen).
- Consultant at Yemen General Corporation for Radio & TV from.
- Cybersecurity Trainer at New Horizons institution for technology in Yemen.
- E-Media specialist at United Nations Office for Project Services in Yemen.
- Translator at Yemen Center for Strategic and Consulting Studies (YCSCS), think tank, as well as Yemen Today newspaper.
- Reporter for Arabic Agency for Science News.
- Lecturer at Sana’a community college.
Education
- Master Degree in Business Administration.
- Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering (Computer & Control).
- He has +800 hours of training courses in technology, media, management and advocacy.
- He is a Microsoft-certified and Cisco-certified expert.
Engagement in Internet Issues
- Member of Program Committee of APSIG2025.
- Producer of Internet Changemakers podcast , 2025.
- Mentor for Internet Society's Youth Ambassador Program2015.
- Fellow of Internet Society Community Fellowship, 2025.
- Co-rapporteur of APRALO ICANN81 Readout, 2024
- Moderator of the “Governance and Regulation of Quantum Technology" at the MCF2024 Symposium, December 2024.
- Speaker at Libyan School of Internet Governance, November 2024.
- Fellow of ICANN81 Annual General Meeting, Istanbul 2024.
- Fellow of ASIA PACIFIC SCHOOL ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE 2024, APSIG24 Taipei 2024.
- Mentor for Early-Career Fellowship Programme, internet society 2024.
- Fellow of the Mid-Career Fellowship, Internet Society cohort 2023.
- Fellow of RIPE87, Rome 2023.
- Fellow of IGMENA, 2015.
- Fellow of Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance, 2014.
- Fellow for the Training on Internet Governance for the MENA Region conducted by Diplo Foundation, 2015.
- Member of Multistakeholder Advisors Group of Arab Internet Governance Forum (AMAG) 2015 - 2021.
Related Events and Participations
Abotaleb have participated in many related event,s whether nationally, regionally or globally, such as:
- The 11th Heidelberg Laureates Forum for Mathematics and Computer Science, Germany 2024.
- Speaker at Internet Society Community | Africa & Middle East 2024.
- RIPE87 meeting of the RIPE technical community in Europe and Middle East, Italy 2023.
- The 10th Heidelberg Laureates Forum for Mathematics and Computer Science, Germany 2023.
- ICANN/ALAC/APRALO General Assembly for internet community in Asia, Turkey 2023.
- 10th World Science Forum, South Africa 2022.
- Internet Governance Forum IGF 2019, Germany 2019.
- Science Trip to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland, 2019.
- Science Trip to the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Italy, 2019.
- Arab Regional Dialogue and Experts Meeting on Internet Governance and Cybersecurity Nexus, Lebanon,2018.
- Arab Internet Governance Forum Program Advisory Committee Meeting, Lebanon 2018.
- Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regional ISOC Chapters Meeting in Nepal, 2018.
- 4th Arab Internet Governance Forum, Lebanon 2015.
- Arab Advisors Committee meeting of Arab Internet Governance Forum in Egypt, 2014.
- Week of ICANN and RIPEncc for Internet Governance in Yemen in Yemen, 2014.
- Internet Governance and Policy in the MENA region by hivos in Lebanon, 2014.
- High Forum of Yemen E-Government in Yemen, 2010.
- GeoTunis2010 GIS and sustainable development in Tunis, 2010.
- Digital Communications Literacy Forum in Qatar, 2010
Volunteerism and Community Service
Abotaleb is a member in some related civil organisations and entities, such as:
Internet Society (ISOC) Chapters Advisory Council. ICANN’s At-Large Organisation (APRALO). Arab Multistakeholder Advisors Group for Internet Governance (AMAG). Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in the Arab World (ANSA). Internet Society Chapter Yemen (ISOC-YEMEN). Yemeni's Engineer's Union. Arab Science Journalists Association (ASJA).Yemen Media Union (YMU). World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ). Founding member of the World Journalists Network – friends of China (WJN). Founding member of Association of Investigative journalists in Yemen (TAQASSI). Founding member of Yemen Information Technology Society. Member of Yemeni's Engineer's Union.
Related Publications
- Yemen’s Digital Collapse Is a Crisis the World Can’t Afford to Ignore.
- Ramses Fire, An Alarm for Internet Governance in Egypt and the Region.
- Whitfield Diffie: The Man Who Revolutionized Cryptography (Interview).
- Vinton Cerf (the father of the Internet) at HLF, how does he see the future, and what does he worry about artificial intelligence?
- Robert Metcalfe at HLF, the inventor who made computers talk to each other predicts about the future, again.
- Augmented Reality: Enhancing Experiences and Challenging Internet Architecture
- Meaningful Internet governance stakeholder inclusion in Yemen.
- ICANN’ s role in online freedom of expression.
- From Lindau to CERN, via Lausanne.
- AI, a risky work contract between Humans and machines.
- Yemeni E-government, ten years of continuous futility.
- Historical stations in the path of Internet governance.
- 4th Arab IGF, another step on the road to partnership in Internet governance.
References
ICANNWiki resources: Special Pages | Content Guide | Documentation | Development || Maintenance: Articles needing attention | Candidates for deletion || Projects: Internet & Digital Governance Library