Dear NCUC Friends and Colleagues:

Let me first thank you for the warm reception and true feeling dedicated 
to the members of the NCUC constituency. We feel very welcomed and we 
will be very much engaged in the process of NCUC policies content 
development and NGSG agenda within ICANN multistakeholder model.

My first ICANN 53 fellowship experience in B.A was a great opportunity 
to bring together, different recommendations, suggestions and new ideas 
to the diverse institutions and organizations that work on improving the 
role of NCSG particularly within  the IG Community in the Arab world as 
a means to assess the strengths and weaknesses of ICANN multistakeholder 
model.

I realize that this is a substantial time commitment from my part. The 
task ahead of me is huge. But I’m confident that we can work 
productively and achieve the desired outcome in the time allotted. Most 
importantly, I believe that this undertaking will result in a better 
grasp of where we are in the discussion to charter the course for the 
future in terms the development of policy analysis within NCUC 
framework, working groups and engagement programs.

I’m positive that my background in policy analyst with IGMENA will be 
with great added value for the work of NCSG on developing advocacy and 
policies on Internet governance issues in the arable world. Also, I want 
to learn from NCUC expertise in policy development on issues related to 
running new TLDs. I want to enhance the debate over Internet governance 
issues related to ICANN content layer particularly on online freedom of 
expression advocacy, data protection, privacy and censorship and 
surveillance.

I recommend taking a look on the  MENA region internet governance 
program (IGMENA) http://igmena.org/. We contribute in bringing civil 
society voices together to advocate for better policies and to expand 
the Arab region audience awareness in this field. The strategy will be 
to focus on current issues and emerging threats to digital rights and 
manage the content produced specific to the countries in the MENA 
region. This can be with a great added value to the several standing and 
ad hoc working teams with the NCUC structure that already exist like the 
cross-community working group.

The approach will give me a chance to get the action to get our team 
re-aligned and focused on that effort. Can you give the new members the 
next step to tackle any roadblocks that could incentivize more work in 
the NCUC constituency and the policy writing process.

Our region needs to have a sense of the priority of action assigned to 
each one of us to be able to work locally and regionally on the 
implementation of NCUC Standards mandate at the technical and policy 
advocacy level.


Some sample of my publication:
http://igmena.org/meac-sig-2105-english
http://igmena.org/Middle-East-Strategy-ICANN-Initiative
http://igmena.org/The-Internet-Policy-Analyst-(IPA)-An-Internet-Grassroots-Policy-Project
http://igmena.org/Internet-Policy-Analyst-Launch
www.thd.tn/index.php

Your Sincerely.