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'''Walid Al-Saqaf''' is a Yemeni | '''Walid Al-Saqaf''' is a Yemeni postdoctoral researcher with a B.Sc. in computer engineering and a PhD in media and communications. His research is mainly focused on ICTs and democracy. As a member of the technical and civil society community, he co-founded and currently chairs [http://isoc.ye ISOC-Yemen], the Yemen Chapter of [[ISOC]]. Walid sits on ISOC's board of trustees where he is a member in the governance and audit committees. As an anti-censorship Arab activist, he started efforts to combat Internet censorship mainly through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkasir Alkasir], which is a solution he created to map and circumvention web censorship. He has been the first [[http://ted.com TED]] Fellow from Yemen and is actively engaged in promoting Internet-related grassrouts initiatives through events such as [https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6588 TEDxSanaa], which he created in 2012. Al-Saqaf became directly involved in Internet policy discussions when he was selected as a member of the [https://intgovforum.org/cms/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/11/26/29/-/annual-meeting-of-the-arab-igf Arab IGF] MAG in 2012. Since then, he participated in several Internet-related global events such as the IGF, Stockholm Internet Forum, and the Cyber Dialogue Forum. <ref name="linkedin">[http://se.linkedin.com/pub/walid-al-saqaf/7/168/5a4 Walid Al-Saqaf, LinkedIn.com]</ref> | ||
Al-Saqaf started his involvement in [[ICANN]] in 2013 as a Fellow and since then has been an active member of [[NCUC]] and currently coordinates its membership affairs team. | Al-Saqaf started his involvement in [[ICANN]] in 2013 as a Fellow and since then has been an active member of [[NCUC]] and currently coordinates its membership affairs team. | ||
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* Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of [[NCUC]] in the 2015 Non-Contracted Parties House ([[NCPH]]) meeting held in Washington, DC during 12-13 January 2015 | * Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of [[NCUC]] in the 2015 Non-Contracted Parties House ([[NCPH]]) meeting held in Washington, DC during 12-13 January 2015 | ||
* Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of [[NCUC]] in the [[ICANN 52]] meeting held in Singapore during 8-12 February 2015 | * Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of [[NCUC]] in the [[ICANN 52]] meeting held in Singapore during 8-12 February 2015 | ||
* | * Participated as a coach and [[ICANN Fellow]] in the [http://buenosaires53.icann.org/ ICANN 53] meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina during June 21-25 June 2015 | ||
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| Affiliation: | ISOC |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Email: | walid.al-saqaf [at] isoc.ye |
| Facebook: | ![link=[1]](/File:Facebook.png){kind=small} [[3] Walid Al-Saqaf]
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| LinkedIn: |  [Walid Al-Saqaf Walid Al-Saqaf]
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| Twitter: | ![link=https://twitter.com/[2]](/File:TwitterIcon.png){kind=small} [https://twitter.com/wsaqaf @[4]]
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Walid Al-Saqaf is a Yemeni postdoctoral researcher with a B.Sc. in computer engineering and a PhD in media and communications. His research is mainly focused on ICTs and democracy. As a member of the technical and civil society community, he co-founded and currently chairs ISOC-Yemen, the Yemen Chapter of ISOC. Walid sits on ISOC's board of trustees where he is a member in the governance and audit committees. As an anti-censorship Arab activist, he started efforts to combat Internet censorship mainly through Alkasir, which is a solution he created to map and circumvention web censorship. He has been the first [TED] Fellow from Yemen and is actively engaged in promoting Internet-related grassrouts initiatives through events such as TEDxSanaa, which he created in 2012. Al-Saqaf became directly involved in Internet policy discussions when he was selected as a member of the Arab IGF MAG in 2012. Since then, he participated in several Internet-related global events such as the IGF, Stockholm Internet Forum, and the Cyber Dialogue Forum. [1]
Al-Saqaf started his involvement in ICANN in 2013 as a Fellow and since then has been an active member of NCUC and currently coordinates its membership affairs team.
ICANN Involvement:
- Participated as an ICANN Fellow in the ICANN 46 meeting held in Beijing during 7-11 April 2013
- Participated as an ICANN Fellow in the ICANN 49 meeting held in Singapore during 23-27 March 2014
- Was approved as the representative of ISOC-Yemen as an ICANN ALS in May 2014
- Appointed in December 2014 by the NCUC Executive Committee as the Coordinator of the Membership Affairs Team responsible for inreach engagement
- Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of NCUC in the 2015 Non-Contracted Parties House (NCPH) meeting held in Washington, DC during 12-13 January 2015
- Participated as the Membership Affairs Team Coordinator of NCUC in the ICANN 52 meeting held in Singapore during 8-12 February 2015
- Participated as a coach and ICANN Fellow in the ICANN 53 meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina during June 21-25 June 2015
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