WikiArabia 2022/Team
Core Team
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Special:MyLanguage/user:Ahlam Bolooki
Ahlam BolookiAhlam is the Director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature – the Middle East’s largest celebration of the written and spoken word. With a mission of inspiring all to read for pleasure, the festival is a platform for open dialogue, forward thinking and promotes a more empathetic society. She is also the General Manager of ELF Publishing, the publishing house under the Emirates Literature Foundation umbrella with a mission to publish strong regional narrative that deserve to be read. Ahlam is the leader of the UAE Wikimedia User Group and founder of the Kateb Maktub movement which cultivates free information culture and enriches Arab authors data online. -
Special:MyLanguage/User:هاني يكن
Hani YakanMechanical engineer by training and a literature and theatre enthusiast. He is a project manager at ELF, focusing on different educational initiatives like Reading for Pleasure project for schools with the Ministry of Education in the UAE and Kateb Maktub initiative that works on enriching the data of the Arab authors in the digital sphere. He has joined the UAE UG in 2021 and is an active member in organizing Wiki events and pursuing partnerships with Universities and cultural institutions to get new Wikimedians. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:Serine Ben Brahim
Serine Ben Brahimis an associate research and content writer for the Emirates Literature Foundation's Kateb Maktub Project, which focuses on enriching online content about Arab writers. She is also the volunteer coordinator for the Wikimedians of UAE User Group. She has been an auto-patrolled user on Arabic Wikipedia since 2021 and has given many workshops to volunteers. -
Special:MyLanguage/User:دانية دروبي
Dania DrubiIs an Early Childhood Educator, specializing in teaching children from 1 to 5 years old. She spent her early career in Child Education, both as a teacher and later on as Nursery Administrator. Dania enjoys reading stories to young children in both Arabic and English, is an avid reader, long time book club member and a puzzle aficionado. She now heads the Education Department at the Emirates Literature Foundation and is on a mission to instil a love of reading and books within every child she encounters. Dania is a member of Wikimedians of UAE User Group and has been a contributor to Wikipedia since 2020. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:Reda Kerbouche
Reda KerboucheFounding member of Wikimedians of Tamazight UG, Wikimedia Community of Saint Petersburg User Group and Wikimedians a member of United Arab Emirates User Group, affiliate representative in WikiFranca, member of the grant committee of the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Drafting Committee former member of AffCom and WikiIndaba Steering Committee. Active member of the community since 2010. Speak Russian, French, Darija, Arabic, Tacawit, and work in English.
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Program Committee
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Special:MyLanguage/user:dezedien
dezedienWikipedia volunteer since its beginning and is one of the founders of Wikimedia Algeria and the Arab User Group, which strives to encourage global cooperation among Arabic communities. He organizes many events for the Arab community, including global photo contests and Wikipedia Education Program in Algeria. He co-founded WikiMOOC with a group of volunteers, a Wikipedia editing course in Arabic with 10,000 registrars and he chaired the organizing committee for the first WikiArabia in Algeria. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:ولاء:
Walaa Abdel ManaemFaculty member at Cairo University's Faculty of Arts, in Egypt. Joined Wikipedia through the Education Program Portal in 2012. Editor and the first administrator in the Arab world. Active organizer of numerous educational and women's events, as well as Wikipedia knowledge events. Active member in organizing conferences and competitions and arbitration. Key words: education, women, diversity. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:علاء
Alaa NajjarI'm Alaa a general practitioner and Wikipedian. I have been active (on a regular basis) since December 2014. I’m honored as «2021 Wikimedian of the year». Also I’m a member of Wikimedians of the Levant. In addition to this, I’m one of the members of Arabic Wikipedia's social networking team. I am currently a Steward, a Bureaucrat and Sysop on Arabic Wikipedia, Sysop on Wikidata and Commons. Most of my work on Wikipedia is in medicine, anatomy and biology. -
Special:MyLanguage/User:Reem Al-Kashif
Reem Al-KashifIn 2012, she began contributing to Wikipedia. Over time, she started holding seminars and workshops to teach others how to write and translate articles. Reem began teaching at the university she graduated from in 2013, and started implementing Wikipedia in the courses she taught including lexicon. Later, she co-founded the Wikimedia Egypt, where they hosted several events. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:Anass Sedrati
Anas SedratiA wikimedian since 2013, he is the vice president and one of the founding members of the Wikimedians of Morocco User Group. He organized several national, regional, and international events, including Wiki Arabia, Wiki Indaba and Wikimania. Currently, he is a member of the Wikimedia’s Movement Charter/ Drafting Committee, which consists of 15 people shaping the strategic future of the Wikimedia government globally. Ounas has experience in project management and two diplomas in engineering. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:Mervat
Mervat SalmanHas been editing since 2012 and has been an sysop since 2013, as well as editing at WP English and Wikidata. She co-founded the Wikimedia Levant Group in 2015 and a volunteer on some of the WMF's committees such as the Conference Grants Review Committee and the Wikimania Grant Committee. She also organized the 2nd edition of the WikiArabia which was held in Amman in 2015. In terms of editing, she has created more than 1,800 articles in Arabic, and has more than 150,000 edits in Arabic.
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Special:MyLanguage/user:Yamen
Yamen BousrihFinancial expert and a Wikimedian from Tunisia. He is the co-founder of Wikimedia Tunisia UG and the Wiki World Heritage UG.Co-founder of the conference WikiArabia he took part in the organization of the first edition in Monastir 2015. He was also involved as a member of the Core Organizing teams of several other regional and international conferences like WikiIndaba 2018 and Wikimania 2021.
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Special:MyLanguage/User:Ola.mahadi
Olla Abdalla MahadiBorn in 1986 Sudaness, raised and live in Sudan. Currently living in Egypt. Actively involved in advocang for freedom of knowledge and access to informaon. Joint the WM community in 2018. Co-founder of WM Sudan Community 2020, Communicaon and Networking focal point. Member of Wiki Loves Women Focus group led by Wiki in Africa Orgnizaon. Orgizing diferent online and face to face community events and content development contests mainly on WP and Commons. Co orgnized Wiki Loves Africa 2020 in Sudan. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:Nehaoua
Adel NehaouaWikipedian since 2009, is an administrator in Arabic WP and Arabic WikiSource, a member of the Algerian User Group, the Arab Wikipedian Group, and the World Heritage Group, and has headed the Liaison Committee at WikiArabia Algeria 2021. He is a member of a group that works to organize Training Workshops for Arabic Wikipedia Day, has also organized and arbitrated in several Wikipedia competitions, and is currently preparing a study for the Wikimedia Foundation on Skills in the Arab Community. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:NANöR
NANöRAn editor in Arabic WP and active user of WikiSource Arabic, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. She is a volunteer in the Middle East and Africa Grants Committee and a member of Wikimania's core organizing team of 2022. She organizes many workshops and events to energize community members and increase their skills, and always strives to create a friendly environment for new arrivals. She believes in teamwork to achieve her goals of spreading free knowledge and, in particular, working to empower the role of women in the Arab community. -
Special:MyLanguage/user:Serine_Ben_BrahimSerine Ben BrahimIs an associate research and content writer for the Emirates Literature Foundation's Kateb Maktub Project, which focuses on enriching online content about Arab writers. She is also the volunteer coordinator for the Wikimedians of UAE User Group. She has been an auto-patrolled user on Arabic Wikipedia since 2021 and has given many workshops to volunteers.
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Special:MyLanguage/user:شيماءShaimaJordanian wikimedian, who began editing in the largest Arabic encyclopedia to keep busy, but it quickly turned into a passion and a goal. She managed to scale her way up to WM through hard work and perseverance in Arabic WP, where her passion started. WP is still her favorite encyclopedia and she volunteered in Wikimedia alongside it. She showed nothing but genuine, hard work while reviewing participants’ contributions, as she’s well aware of the importance of her and everyone else's roles.
