Hi, Tijani. <div><br></div><div>I am glad that the linkage on IDN is now being made with the top level.  Ultimately, it is the local content that will make the Internet valuable and useful for end users. <div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rinalia<br><br>On Thursday, 4 August 2016, Tijani BEN JEMAA &lt;<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn">tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org.tn</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font color="#002e7a">Thank you Rinalia for your mail,</font><div><font color="#002e7a"><br></font></div><div><font color="#002e7a">Yes, indeed, Addis is now a lovely city. I know it very well since 2002 and I visited it twice in 2015. I had the opportunity to notice the huge evolution in the last few years.</font></div><div><font color="#002e7a"><br></font></div><div><font color="#002e7a">As for the Amharic (Ethiopian language), I know that the Ethiopians were working on  the use of their language for local content even before the ICANN IDN effort.</font></div><div><font color="#002e7a"> </font><br><div>
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<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Le 4 août 2016 à 09:42, Rinalia Abdul Rahim &lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com&#39;);" target="_blank">rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com</a>&gt; a écrit :</div><br><div>Hello, AFRALO.<div><br></div><div>I wanted to share this lovely blog from ICANN staff about something happening in the African region, in Ethiopia.  I have visited Addis Ababa often in the past and the blog reminds me of the city, its heritage and culture, and its people.  And of course its coffee!</div><div><br></div><div>I am very glad that ICANN is helping the people of Ethiopia establish the Ethiopic Generation Panel for its writing system.  The work of this panel will be used to determine rules that would apply for IDN TLDs in Ethiopic script.</div><div><br></div>If any of you are interested in doing something similar for your writing system/script, please contact the IDN staff at ICANN (<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;idntlds@icann.org&#39;);" target="_blank">idntlds@icann.org</a>).<div><br></div><div>I recently participated in the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum held in Taiwan where ICANN organised a workshop to share updates on similar work related to scripts of the Asia Pacific region.  The representative from Thailand indicated that part of the positive effects of the Thai Generation Panel work was that it helped them preserve their writing system (and associated languages using the script) in the digital age.  This helped them address concerns about dying languages.<br><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rinalia</div><div><br></div><div>Rinalia Abdul Rahim</div><div>Member of the ICANN Board of Directors</div><div>Member of the IDN Board Working Group<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b><a href="http://icann.org/" target="_blank">icann.org</a></b> &lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;no-reply@icann.org&#39;);" target="_blank">no-reply@icann.org</a>&gt;<br>Date: Thursday, 4 August 2016<br>Subject: Daily Digest of <a href="http://ICANN.org" target="_blank">ICANN.org</a><br>To: Rinalia Abdul Rahim &lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com&#39;);" target="_blank">rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br><br><br><div><div><table><tbody><tr><td width="50px"><img alt="ICANN" src="http://icann.org/assets/icann_button.png"></td><td align="left"><h1>Daily Digest of <a href="http://ICANN.org" target="_blank">ICANN.org</a></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table><tbody><tr><td><div><h3>&gt;From the ICANN Blog</h3><hr><div><h4><a href="http://icann.org/news/blog/coffee-beans-and-the-ethiopic-script" target="_blank">Coffee Beans and the Ethiopic Script</a></h4><p>Last month, we visited Addis Ababa to hold a workshop for the Ethiopic Script Generation Panel. Upon arriving, while being introduced to the rich history and culture of Ethiopia, we were told that coffee beans originated from Kaffa, which was a medieval kingdom in ancient Ethiopia. The beans grow from a shrub called bun in Oromo, a language of the region.!
  Already charmed with this discovery, our interactions began with a visit to the Institute of Ethiopic Studies (IES), which is home to a museum that took us on a journey through the beautiful and diverse heritage of Ethiopia. The museum was...<br><a href="http://icann.org/news/blog/coffee-beans-and-the-ethiopic-script" target="_blank">Read more</a></p><hr></div><p><a href="http://icann.org/news/blog" target="_blank">BROWSE ALL BLOG ARTICLES</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table><tbody><tr><td><div><br></div>This message was sent to <a>rinalia.abdulrahim@gmail.com</a> from:<p>ICANN | 12025 Waterfront Drive Suite 300 | Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="http://icann.org/user/account_setting/edit?section=news" target="_blank">Manage Your Subscription</a></p></div></div>
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