News
Read the stories from our Middle East Chapters.
Mind the Gap: Understanding tech bans and outages in the Middle East
In the News
28 April 2021
Mind the Gap: Understanding tech bans and outages in the Middle East
ZDNet
Twitter and Internet Society hold lectures for journalism students at American University in Dubai
In the News
22 March 2021
Twitter and Internet Society hold lectures for journalism students at American University in Dubai
Telecompaper
Twitter and the American University of Dubai launch an Open Internet Partnership with Internet Society Middle East
In the News
22 March 2021
Twitter and the American University of Dubai launch an Open Internet Partnership with Internet Society Middle East
Alamrakamy
On the Road to Better Routing Security: What Are MENA’s Next Steps?
Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)
17 November 2020
On the Road to Better Routing Security: What Are MENA’s Next Steps?
In a region with a wealth of resources and network expertise but a higher than average number of global...
How IXPs Can Help Achieve Digital Transformation across the Middle East
Infrastructure and Community Development
3 November 2020
How IXPs Can Help Achieve Digital Transformation across the Middle East
In September the Internet Society, in cooperation with Middle East Network Operators Group, held an online workshop on Internet...
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)