Amira Mahmoud
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| Organization: | Opera software company "Opera News" |
| Affiliation: | NextGen@ICANN |
| Region: | Africa |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Email: | amira.el7lw@gmail.com |
| Facebook: |  Amira Mahmoud
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Amira Mahmoud is a media producer, who is passionate about democracy, human rights, and internet governance. She works as quality assurance team leader for Opera News which belongs to Opera software company. She got a web development diploma at ITI Egypt and an associate of media at The United States 2019.
Amira participated in iGmena program on internet governance in the MENA region. As one of the program’s top alumni, she received a fellowship to attend the Igmena Summit in Tunis in September of 2016. She also took part in the ICANN59 meeting in Johannesburg- South Africa within NextGen program then she was selected as ambassador in the ICANN62 meeting in Panama. Besides she participated in African School on Internet Governance, Africa IGF, and North Africa IGF 2017. She is a member of ISOC Egypt and the MEAC Strategy Working Group (MEAC-SWG).
Career History
CEO of Brand Agency for adverting
Quality assurance team leader for Opera News Jan 2021- present
Media Producer for Opera News July 2019- Jan 2021
Media producer for KSP News- intern "IA,USA" 2018-2019
Media producer- intern for catherine mcauley center for refugee and immigrants "IA,USA" 2018-2019
Journalist for El-Gomhoria Newspaper "2017-2018"
web developer "2015- 2017"
Journalist for Sout Al-Arab Newspaper "2013-2017"
ICANN and Internet Governance Participation
● Participated in a program on internet governance in the MENA region "June-August 2016"
● Participated at IGMENA summit as one of the best alumni "Tunis- 2016"
● Participated at ICANN 59 meeting "Johannesburg - 2017" as NextGen
● Participated at AfriSIG " Sharm Al-Shikh 2017"
● Participated at North Africa IGF " Sharm Al-Shikh 2017"
● Participated at Africa IGF "Sharm Al-Shikh 2017"
● Participated at ICANN 62 meeting as ambassador "Panama city- 2018"
● Participated at Internet governance school in MENA region "Morocco- 2019"
● Participated at North Africa IGF " Nouakchott, Mauritania 2019"
Education
Associate of Digital Media at Kirkwood community college- IA, USA 2019
Diploma of web development at Information technology institute 2016
Bachelor of Arts "French language section" at Suez Canal University 2012
Publications
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/icann59-nextgen-experience-report-24jul17-en.pdf
Awards
Awarded CCI scholarship from American department of state to study in the USA "2018-2019"