On this occasion, no. Perhaps reflecting, as noted in the proceedings, that community networks is a novel concept in the MENA region. And we also had an issue with the audio on the Arabic interpretation so I had to delete that language webcast. I am working on the transcript after which i will post with Arbic closed captions. joly On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:55 AM basma elmahdy <basmaelmahdy@gmail.com> wrote:

Not a Single Arabic-speaking speaker among your panelists!!

On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 13.56, Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:

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This is just about to start.

REAL TIME TEXT (English) https://bit.ly/37FeoGJ

ISOC Live posted: "Today Monday 7 December 2020 at 12:00 UTC the Internet Society hosts an interactive online panel discussion 'Building Community Networks in the MENA Region'. This event promotes a concept new to the Middle East and North Africa region: getting Internet ac"

[image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/mena-cns>Today *Monday 7 December 2020* at *12:00 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/middle-east/>* hosts an interactive online panel discussion '*Building Community Networks in the MENA Region < https://www.internetsociety.org/events/building-community-networks-in-the-me...

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*'. This event promotes a concept new to the Middle East and North Africa region: getting Internet access by creating *“community” networks <https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/community-networks/>*. These are established partnerships between residents of remote areas and major telecommunication companies with simple self-financing, or through an existing civil society organization.

*SPEAKERS* *Jane Coffin*, Senior Vice President, Internet Growth, Internet Society *Juan Peirano*, Senior Policy Advisor, Internet Society *Massimiliano Stucchi*, Regional Technical Advisor - Europe, Internety Society *Ucha Seturi*, ISOC Georgia Chapter *Robert Pepper*, Board Trustee, Internet Society

[image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mena-cns

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تستضيف جمعية الإنترنت اليوم الاثنين 7 ديسمبر 2020 الساعة 12:00 بالتوقيت العالمي المنسق حلقة نقاش تفاعلية عبر الإنترنت بعنوان "بناء شبكات المجتمع في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا". يروج هذا الحدث لمفهوم جديد في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا: الوصول إلى الإنترنت من خلال إنشاء شبكات "مجتمعية". هذه شراكات قائمة بين سكان المناطق النائية وشركات الاتصالات الكبرى بتمويل ذاتي بسيط ، أو من خلال منظمة مجتمع مدني قائمة.

مكبرات الصوت جين كوفين ، نائب الرئيس الأول ، نمو الإنترنت ، جمعية الإنترنت خوان بييرانو ، كبير مستشاري السياسات ، جمعية الإنترنت ماسيميليانو ستوتشي ، مستشار تقني إقليمي - أوروبا ، جمعية الإنترنت أوشا سيتوري ، فرع ISOC في جورجيا روبرت بيبر ، عضو مجلس أمناء جمعية الإنترنت

*LIVESTREAMS*

http://livestream.com/internetsociety/mena-cns (ENGLISH)

*http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mena-cns <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mena-cns>* (عربى)

*AGENDA:

https://www.internetsociety.org/events/building-community-networks-in-the-me... < https://www.internetsociety.org/events/building-community-networks-in-the-me...

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*PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/39PXB6K <https://bit.ly/39PXB6K>*

*TWITTER #communitynetworks <http://bit.ly/communitynetworks> @ISOC_MiddleEast #GrowInternet*

*SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* (English only) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCMiddleEast/live <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCMiddleEast/live>* (AI Captions)

*ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/mena-cns <https://archive.org/details/mena-cns>*

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