Previous Fellowship Programs

Fellowship assistance was available for MENOG 23 Meeting & Peering Forum, which took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 8-12 October 2023

IXP Fellowship:

  • Fadi Khoneisser, Berytech, Lebanon
  • Nishal Goburdhan, Packet Clearing House, South Africa

MENOG Fellowship

  • Muhammet Demirbilek, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey
  • Saif Al-Mashhadi, CMC, Iraq
  • Khalid Samara, MENOG PC Chair, Jordan
Previous Years

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.

MENOG 19 Fellowship

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

MENOG Team and MENOG Fellows at MENOG 7

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.

In order to get the most out of MENOG Meeting experience, we explain our expectations for MENOG Fellows.