User:Abotaleb

Abdulrahman Abotaleb

Abdulrahman Abotaleb is an ICT engineer, a Journalist, an Internet activist and a digital rights defender from Yemen.

Work Experience

Currently: Editor-in-chief at Yemen science network.

In the Past:

• Consultant at Internews Network.
• ICT director at Yemen News Agency (SABA).
• Vice President of Internet Society Yemen Chapter (ISOC-Yemen).
• Consultant at Yemen General Corporation for Radio & TV from.
• Cybersecurity Trainer at New Horizons institution for technology.
• 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

Abotaleb holds a Master degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor degree in Computer engineering. He is a Microsoft-certified and Cisco-certified expert. And he has +800 hours of training courses in technology, media, management and advocacy.

Engagement in Internet Issues

Abotaleb is a Mid-Career fellow for internet society cohort 2023. He was also an IGMENA Fellow 2015. He was a fellow of Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance Kuwait, 2014. He was selected two times as an ICANN fellow. He has a certificate in Internet Governance from Diplo Foundation. He was selected by ESCWA and Arab League to be a member of Multistakeholder Advisors Group for Arab Internet Governance Forum (AMAG).

Events and Participations

He participated in many related events whether nationally, regionally or globally, such as:

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 Experts Meeting on Internet Governance and Cybersecurity Nexus in Lebanon,2018. Arab Internet Governance Forum Program Advisory Committee Meeting in Lebanon, 2018. Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regional ISOC Chapters Meeting in Nepal, 2018. 4th meeting of Arab Internet Governance Forum in Lebanon, 2015. Arab Advisors Committee meeting of Arab Internet Governance Forum in Egypt, 2015. 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

He 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.

Publications

1. Augmented Reality: Enhancing Experiences and Challenging Internet Architecture
2. Meaningful Internet governance stakeholder inclusion in Yemen.
3. ICANN’ s role in online freedom of expression.
4. From Lindau to CERN, via Lausanne.
5. AI, a risky work contract between Humans and Machines.
6. Yemeni E-government, ten years of continuous futility.
7. Historical stations in the path of Internet governance.
8. 4th Arab IGF, another step on the road to partnership in Internet governance.

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