Abdulrahman Abotaleb

Organization:	Internet Society Yemen Chapter
Affiliation:	APRALO
Region:	Middle East
Country:	Yemen
Website:	[www.isoc.ye www.isoc.ye]
Blog:	https://yemenscience.net
LinkedIn:	Abdulrahman Abotaleb
Twitter:	@abdoabotalib

Abdulrahman Abotaleb is an ICT engineer, a Journalist, an Internet activist 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

• A fellow of ICANN81 Annual General Meeting, Istanbul 2024.
• A fellow of ASIA PACIFIC SCHOOL ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE 2024, Taipei 2024.
• A mentor for Early-Career fellowship program internet society 2024.
• A Mid-Career fellow for internet society cohort 2023.
• A RIPE fellow to participate in RIPE87, Rome 2023.
• An IGMENA Fellow 2015.
• A fellow of Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance that held in Kuwait, 2014.
• He was selected two times as an ICANN fellow.
• A fellow for the Training on Internet Governance for the MENA Region conducted by Diplo Foundation.
• A member of Multistakeholder Advisors Group of Arab Internet Governance Forum (AMAG) 2015 - 2021.

Related Events and Participations

Abotaleb have participated in many related events 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 Ripe internet 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

1. Whitfield Diffie: The Man Who Revolutionized Cryptography (Interview).
2. Vinton Cerf (the father of the Internet) at HLF, how does he see the future, and what does he worry about artificial intelligence?
3. Robert Metcalfe at HLF, the inventor who made computers talk to each other predicts about the future, again.
4. Augmented Reality: Enhancing Experiences and Challenging Internet Architecture
5. Meaningful Internet governance stakeholder inclusion in Yemen.
6. ICANN’ s role in online freedom of expression.
7. From Lindau to CERN, via Lausanne.
8. AI, a risky work contract between Humans and Machines.
9. Yemeni E-government, ten years of continuous futility.
10. Historical stations in the path of Internet governance.
11. 4th Arab IGF, another step on the road to partnership in Internet governance.

Internet Society

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.