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'''Manal Ismail''' is the Director of the International Technical Coordination Department at the [[NTRA|National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority]] of Egypt and the ICANN GAC Chair.<ref>[http://gac.icann.org/gac-representatives/ms-manal-ismail gac.icann.org]</reF> Manal served as the Vice Chair of GAC in 2009.<ref>[http://mcit.gov.eg/MediaPressSer_Details.aspx?ID=1585&TypeID=1 mcit.gov.eg]</ref> She also serves as the Vice Chair of the [[ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team]]. In 2017, Ismail became the [[GAC]] liaison to the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/board-of-directors ICANN Board of Directors]</ref>

'''Manal Ismail''' is the Director of the International Technical Coordination Department at the [[NTRA|National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority]] of Egypt and the [[ICANN]] [[GAC]] Chair.<ref>[http://gac.icann.org/gac-representatives/ms-manal-ismail gac.icann.org]</reF> Manal served as the Vice Chair of GAC in 2009.<ref>[http://mcit.gov.eg/MediaPressSer_Details.aspx?ID=1585&TypeID=1 mcit.gov.eg]</ref> She also serves as the Vice Chair of the [[ICANN Accountability and Transparency Review Team]]. In 2017, Ismail became the [[GAC]] liaison to the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/board-of-directors ICANN Board of Directors]</ref>

She is also a member of the Egyptian working group on Internet governance and the [[ISOC|Internet Society Chapter]] of Egypt.

She is also a member of the Egyptian working group on [[Internet Governance]] and the [[ISOC|Internet Society Chapter]] of Egypt.

== Career History ==

== Career History ==

She started her career as a Network Engineer working at the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center. Ms. Manal is considered as one of the pioneers of the Internet in Egypt for her work with the Internet access and [[DNS]] operation. She actively participates in the global Internet community.<ref>[http://igf.wgig.org/cms/funding/593-manal-ismail igf.wgig.org]</ref>

She started her career as a Network Engineer working at the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center. Ms. Manal is considered as one of the pioneers of the Internet in Egypt for her work with the Internet access and [[DNS]] operation. She actively participates in the global Internet community.<ref>[http://igf.wgig.org/cms/funding/593-manal-ismail igf.wgig.org]</ref>

Ms. Ismail has particpated in several internet tasks like setting up an Arabic domain names test bed, launching a regional resolution server in Egypt and most recently has also been involved in launching Egypt’s new Arabic [[ccTLD]]. She has also worked in establishing the [[AfriNIC]] Mirror Center for Technical Operation.<ref>[http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/98-biographies/593-manal-ismail intgovforum.org]</ref>

Ms. Ismail has participated in several internet tasks like setting up an Arabic domain names test bed, launching a regional resolution server in Egypt and most recently has also been involved in launching Egypt’s new Arabic [[ccTLD]]. She has also worked in establishing the [[AfriNIC]] Mirror Center for Technical Operation.<ref>[http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/98-biographies/593-manal-ismail intgovforum.org]</ref>

She was a speaker at [[ICANN Lisbon]].<ref>[http://lisbon2007.icann.org/node/146 lisbon2007.icann.org]</ref>

She was a speaker at [[ICANN Lisbon]].<ref>[http://lisbon2007.icann.org/node/146 lisbon2007.icann.org]</ref>