Primary Job Title Chairman Primary Organization 
dotAfrica
Location Qatar, Al Aqabah, Jordan Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Male
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Mr Mohamed EL Bashir is an Internet Expert specialized in Internet Infrastructure management, Domain Names System, Country Code Top Level Domains "ccTLD" and Internationalized Domain Names "IDNs".
Mohamed is an active Internet user and Professional, He was Founder and President of Sudan Internet Society from 2001 until 2008,
its main objectives were to promote internet usage for Sudan’s Socio-economic development.
He has been active within ICANN since 2001, handling Sudan ccTLD ".SD" Re-delegation process, .SD is managed by Sudan Internet Society. Mohamed served as a Council member in ICANN's Country Code Supporting Organization "ccNSO" Council representing Africa, and member of ICANN's Board At Large Advisory Committee "ALAC".
He was elected Vice President of African Top Level Domains Organization “AfTLD” between 2004 to 2008.He is involved in Internet, Domain names and Internationalized Domain Names "IDN" Policy Developments in different foras regionally and Internationally.
Mohamed is an Expert in Internationalized Domain Names "IDNs" issues and is an active member in most of IDNs standards and policy developments working groups on a regional or international level, He is a member of ICANN IDN Guidelines Revision Working Group "WG Reviewing IDN guidelines", and also was a member of ICANN President's Advisory Committee in IDNs.
Since 2008 Mohamed joined Qatar’s Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology “ictQATAR” managing Numbering and Internet Domains, He established Qatar’s Country Code Top Level domain Registry and implemented the launch of Qatar’s Country Arabic domain.
He has participated in the UN World Summit for Information Society "WSIS" process ( Geneva and Tunis Summits ) and attended 5 IGF meetings beside presenting and organizing IGF workshops in Vilnius and Nairobi meetings.
