Previous Fellowship Programs

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 22 Meeting & Peering Forum, which took place in Manama, Bahrain, from 7-8 December 2022.

IXP Fellowship:

• Fadi Khoneisser, Berytech, Lebanon
• Nishal Goburdhan, Packet Clearing House, South Africa
• Ahmad Ali Karamallah, SIXP, Sudan

MENOG Fellowship

• Hanadi Arbab, national information center, Sudan
• Sara Alamin Mohamed Hassan, Packet Clearing House, Sudan

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 19 Meeting & Peering Forum, which took place in Beirut, Lebanon, from 3-4 April 2019.

Women in Tech Fellowship:

• Sara Alamin Mohamed Hassan, Packet Clearing House, Sudan
• Ann Ibrahim, Communications Regulatory Authority, Qatar
• Fariba Osali, Sepanta Network Solutions, Iran
• Moumena Abdalla, Sudan Internet Exchange Point, Sudan

IXP Fellowship

• Nishal Goburdhan, Packet Clearing House, South Africa
• Saleh Mansour, PIX, Palestinian Territory

RACI Fellowship

• Louis Pétiniaud, Institut Français de Géopolitique, France
• Ahmed Aleroud, Yarmouk University, Jordan

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 18, which took place in Tehran, Iran, from 25-26 April 2018.

MENOG Fellowship

• Arthur Avetisyan, Union of Information Technology Enterprises, Armenia
• Gohar Malumyan, Center for Strategic Initiatives, Armenia
• Bakhrom Nasirjanov, Megafoon, Tajikistan
• Karine Yeghiazaryan, VEON Armenia CJSC, Armenia
• Nurbek Abaskanov, BGTS, Kyrgyzstan

IXP Fellowship

• Nishal Goburdhan, Packet Clearing House, South Africa

RACI Fellowship

• Ali Safari Khatouni, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Cherkaoui Leghris, University of Casablanca, Morocco
• Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
• Syuzi Hovhannisyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 17, which took place in Muscat, from 16-21 April 2017.

MENOG Fellowship

• Adel Shahini,Freelance: "Teaching IP network fileds" Iran
• Mohammed Al-Jaghbeer, Senior Network Engineer, NITC, Jordan
• SAMI SAADAOUI, IT Infrastructure Manager, VIVA Telecom Bahrain, Bahrain
• Zahran Eyas, Technical Support Engineer, Central Elections Commission (CEC), Palestine
• Zeina Daghlas, Switching Engineer, Palestine Cellular Communications-Jawwal, Palestine

IXP Fellowship

• Saif Ahmed Mohammed, CMC, Iraq
• Fadi Khoneisser, Berytech, Lebanon
• Saleh Mansour, PIX, Palestine
• Nishal Goburdhan, Packet Clearing House, South Africa

RACI Fellowship

• Abdulsalam Alkholidi, Sana'a University, Yemen
• Ahmad Alsadeh, Birzeit University, Palestine
• Ahmed AlEroud, Yarmouk University, Jordan
• Sufyan Faraj Al-Janabi, University of Anbar, Iraq
• Tauqeer Safdar, Higher College of Technology Muscat, Oman

Train the Trainer Fellowship

• Jad El Cham, Data Consult, Lebanon
• Alireza Karimi, Sepanta Communication Development Co. Ltd, Iran
• Milad Afshari, IRNOG, Iran

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 16, which took place in Istanbul, from 19 – 24 March 2016

Fellowship Applicant:

• Mohammad Hussein, IP Core Supervisor, Wataniya Mobile, Palestine
• Abdulsalaam Al-kholidi, Associate Professor, Sana'a University, Yemen
• MohammadAli Gharghi, Technical Manager, Karaneshan, Iran
• Shadi Shahlapour, Network engineer, Dotin company, Iran
• Ziad Zubidah, Head of Network Security Section, National Information Technology Center – NITC, Jordan

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 15, which took place in Dubai, from 28 March – 2 April 2015

Fellowship Applicant:

• Khalid Samara, Mada Communications / Zain Group, IP Section Head, Jordan
• Abdalla Alkhansa, SudREN, Sudan
• Hamzeh Mujahed, Technical Support Engineer (PIX), ISOC Palestine, Palestine
• Rock Samaha, Senior ICT administrator, Lebanese University, Lebanon

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 14, which took place in Dubai, from 23 March – 1 April 2014

Fellowship Applicant:

• Abdellatef Kayyali, Zain Jordan, Senior IP Network Engineer, Jordan
• Ahlam Abu Jadallah, National Information Technology Center (NITC),  .jo ccTLD Manager, Jordan
• Ann Ibrahim, The Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology (ictQatar), Senior Customer Support Engineer, Qatar
• Assem Mohammed  Alwadee, Public Telecommunication Corp. Yemennet, Internet Engineer & Business Development, Yemen.
• Omar Maslamani, Ministry of Telecom and IT (MTIT), Supervisor of General Departments of e-Government and Informatic Systems, Palestinian Territory
• Omer Fadul, The Supreme Council of Information & Communication Operations, Technology (ictQatar), Internet Domain Section Manager, Qatar
• Samer Khalil, American University of Beirut, Team Lead IT, Lebanon
• Suzan Saif,  Ministry of ICT Jordan, NOC Engineer, Jordan
• Vijiheh Bitarafan, Soroush Rasaneh Company, Network Engineer, Iran

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 13, which took place in Kuwait, from 15 – 24 September 2013.

Fellowship Applicant:

• Zied Bouziri, Professor of Computer Networks and Internet, University of Tunis, Tunisia
• Mohammad Hijazi, Network Team Leader, NITC, Jordan
• Rudy El Semrany, NOC supervisor, Sodetel ISP, Lebanon

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 12, which took place in Dubai, from 5 - 14 March 2013.

Fellowship Applicant:

• Samir Abdullatif, Sudanese Research and Educational Network, Sudan
• Hamza Al-Qudah, Jordan
• Hamed Rezaeian Fardouei, Soroush, Iran

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 11, which took place in Amman, Jordan, from 30 September - 9 October 2012.

Fellowship Applicant:

• Ameer Mahmood Chaffat Aljobori, Data & IP Director, Newroz Telecom, Iraq
• Mohamed Moheb Mohamed Ahmed, Supervisor Core Network Engineer, TEDATA, Egypt

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 10, which took place in Dubai, from 22 April - 1 May 2012.

Fellowship Applicants:

• Mohamed Abosree, Sr.Network Planning Engineer-CCIE#29468 at TE Data ISP, Egypt
• Iyad Alza'tary, Head of Networks Engineering at National Information Technology Center, Jordan
• Allan Salahedin, Director of Project and Technical Development at Ministry of Telecom and IT, Palestine
• Inam Ali, Information Security Professional at National Information Technology Center, Jordan

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 9, which took place in Muscat, Oman, from 25 September-4 October 2011.

Fellowship Applicants:

• Saleh Mansour, Technical Support Engineer at BCI, Palestine
• Bilal Zouman, Senior Network Engineer at Zain, Jordan
• Roger Asmar, Technical Manager at Sodetel, Lebanon

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 7, which took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 21-29 October 2010.

Fellowship Applicants:

• Saif Ahmed, Network and O.S Supervisor at CMC  in Iraq
• Amro Zahran, Senior Information Officer at CHF International in Palastine
• Omar Al-Helo, Network Engineer at National Information Technology Center in Jordan
• Mahmoud Shalaby, Software Engineer at Valeo Interbranch Automotive Software in Egypt
• Mohammed Al-Dhaifi, Internet System Administrator at YemenNet in Yemen

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 6, which took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 10-14 April 2010.

Fellowship Applicant:

• Abdallah Nasr, Senior Network Engineer at National Information Technology Center in Jordan.

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 5, which took place in Beirut, Lebanon, from 25-29 October 2009.

Fellowship Applicant:

• Mutassem Olimat, Customer Support Engineer at Estarta in Jordan.

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 4, which took place in Manama, Bahrain, from 5-9 April 2009.
Fellowship Applicant:

• Aladdin Jawad Kadhem AlRadhi, Technical Advisor, PIR, Jordan.

Fellowship assistance was available for the RIPE 57 meeting, which took place in Dubai, UAE, from 26-30 October 2008.

Fellowship Applicant:

• Eliane Rameh, Security & Network Engineer, IDM- Network Operation Center, Lebanon.