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Full name

Anas Tawileh

Country

Syria

Bio

a consultant in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D). He worked for many projects to bring technology to developing countries and deliver training and capacity building programmes. A firm believer in Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS), he established the GNU/Linux Syria User Group in Damascus in 2002 and started the Arab Commons Initiative as an attempt to advance the Creative Commons cause in the Arab World. Anas has a Masters degree in Information Systems Engineering from Cardiff University, and has authored several books including: Open Source - Unlimited Opportunities, Wireless Networking in the Developing World - Arabic Edition.

Projects

Anas currently work as the programme consultant for IDRC's ICT for Development project in the Middle East and is the Vice President Product Development at Meedan.net, a social media project that aspires to bring understanding between speakers of Arab and English through technology and community empower dialogue.

Attended Arab Techies Gathering, Cairo, December 2008

Attended Arab Techies Code Sprint, Cairo, May 2009

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