News
Read the stories from our Middle East Chapters.
Exam time means Internet disruptions in Syria, Sudan and Algeria
Growing the Internet
14 June 2022
Exam time means Internet disruptions in Syria, Sudan and Algeria
Exam time means Internet disruptions in Syria, Sudan and Algeria CLOUDFLARE
Internet Organisations Fostering Internet Governance & Digital Infrastructure In The Arab States
In the News
9 June 2022
Internet Organisations Fostering Internet Governance & Digital Infrastructure In The Arab States
MENAFN
Tracing Cultural Relations Through The COVID-19 Crisis
In the News
1 March 2022
Tracing Cultural Relations Through The COVID-19 Crisis
Arab Media & Society
New regional Twitter campaign highlights platform’s safety measures
In the News
18 February 2022
New regional Twitter campaign highlights platform’s safety measures
Arab News
Celebrating Tech Improvements and Innovations at Bahrain Internet Day
Growing the Internet
23 December 2021
Celebrating Tech Improvements and Innovations at Bahrain Internet Day
Bahrain Internet Day 2021 focused on the open Internet model, the role of NOGs in successful Internet ecosystems, and...
Resources
Please find in this section, relevant material and policies for the Middle East Region.
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Internet Ecosystem in the Middle East and North Africa
This paper focuses on the challenges of addressing the COVID-19 crisis and its potential aftermath in the Middle East...
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Middle East & North Africa Internet Infrastructure Report
In this paper we focus on expanding and upgrading infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Enabling Digital Opportunities in the Middle East
Preface The Middle East (ME) is an incredibly diverse region with over 350 million people with widely varying states of...
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Internet Society Perspectives on Internet Content Blocking: An Overview
The goal of this paper is to provide a technical assessment of different methods of blocking Internet content, including...
Our Members
The Middle East region currently counts 2,214 individual members, out of whom 49% (1,083) are also members of one of our Chapters in the region. Our Chapters in the region are in Bahrain, Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen. (as of December 2020)